TNMU Students Discussed the Specifics of Medical Profession with Ternopil Schoolchildren

On March 8, 2024, students of TNMU Faculty of Medicine Olena Iskra (MM-416) and Diana Malyshevska (MM-416) gave lectures on topics “All about Electronic Cigarettes and Energy Drinks” for the 5th- and 11th-grade students and the lecture on topic “Adolescent in Health Care System” for the 5th-grade students of Ternopil Academic Lyceum “Ivan Franko Ukrainian Gymnasium”.

The purpose of the event “All about Electronic Cigarettes and Energy Drinks” was to tell children and teenagers about what an electronic cigarette and energy drinks are, what substances they contain, why a person develops addiction and how it happens, what harm electronic cigarettes and energy drinks bring. TNMU students also presented the research, the purpose of which was to convince children of the harmfulness of these things.

During the lectures, the children listened attentively and asked questions from time to time. The most relevant questions remain the following: “What is more harmful – an electronic cigarette or an energy drink?”, “Does energy drink harm a child and an adult?”.

The children had a lot of questions, and already after the lecture, the children made their own conclusions about the harm of electronic cigarettes and energy drinks. The relevance of the topic does not diminish, and therefore, the importance of telling children about the harm of such products remains extremely high.

The purpose of the event “Adolescent in Health Care System” was to tell students whether they can go to a doctor on their own, from what age teenagers can do it and how, as well as to briefly talk about the different specialties of doctors and emphasize their responsibilities as patients.

In the lecture “Adolescent in Health Care System”, the children were interested in various specialties of doctors, the names of which they had heard, but did not really understand their meaning.

The information was provided by Olena Iskra.

Photographs by the event organizers.