TNMU Held Olympiad in Medical Chemistry and Biological and Bioorganic Chemistry

I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University held the first stage of the All-Ukrainian Student Olympiad in the academic disciplines “Medical Chemistry” and “Biological and Bioorganic Chemistry”. The Olympiad was organised by the Department of General Chemistry.

It was held in remote format using the MOODLE platform in compliance with the rules of academic integrity.

27 first-year students of the Faculties of Medicine and Dentistry took part in the Olympiad in the “Medical Chemistry” course. Associate Professors Hryhorii Zahrychuk and Lesia Hnatyshyna were responsible for the organisation and conduction of the event. Students did test and creative tasks, such as solving chemical tasks related to the formulation of reaction equations and the calculation of multilevel chemical tasks that have practical applications in medicine.

According to the results of the first stage of the All-Ukrainian Student Olympiad in the “Medical Chemistry” course, the following students won the competition:

1st place – Viktoria Mosula (MM-105)

2nd place – Bohdan Yurchenko (MM-111)

3rd place – Danylo Shovykov (MM-116);

3rd place – Denys Dolhopolov (MM-102);

23 students of the Faculty of Medicine (2nd-year students) and Faculty of Pharmacy (2nd- and 3rd-year students) took part in the Olympiad in Biological and Bioorganic Chemistry. The event was organised and conducted by Associate Professors Hryhorii Zahrychuk, Iryna Bekus, Maria Kyryliv, Professor Petro Lykhatskyi. The organisers prepared two-level tasks that helped to test knowledge and ability to solve various non-standard problems in biological and bioorganic chemistry. So, the tasks were presented in the form of test and creative assignments, which are aimed at analysing the conformity of the structure of bioorganic compounds with the metabolic transformations occurring in the human body.

Therefore, during the first stage of the All-Ukrainian Student Olympiad in the “Biological and Bioorganic Chemistry” course, the following students won the competition:

1st place – Olesia Zahrychuk (MM-203)

2nd place – Daryna Mykus (MM-228)

2nd place – Viktoria Zhovtiukh (MM-207)

3rd place – Alina Babii (MM-203)

3rd place – Viktoria Puhal (FF-201)

3rd place – Oleksandra Panchuk (MM-216).

The results of the Olympiad proved the appropriate professional level of preparation of the winners, a high degree of the practical skills and abilities development. The purpose of the Olympiad was not only to hold it as an important event, but also to evaluate and celebrate talented students and this is an important way to stimulate their professional growth and development.

Summing up and announcing the results of the Olympiad was held during the awarding ceremony of the winners. The Head of the Department of General Chemistry, Associate Professor Hryhorii Zahrychuk and Professor of the Department of Medical Biochemistry, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine Petro Lykhatskyi spoke with words of appreciation. All Olympiad participants received diplomas and commemorative gifts in the form of books, which will be necessary for their further education and improvement.

We thank everyone who took part in the Olympiad, and we sincerely congratulate its winners. We wish you creative inspiration on your way to new accomplishments.

The information was provided by Iryna Bekus.