{"id":167409,"date":"2025-06-03T13:34:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T10:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tdmu.edu.ua\/blog\/2025\/06\/03\/lektsiyi-i-praktychni-zanyattya-vid-partneriv-tnmu-z-belgiyi\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T16:51:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T13:51:59","slug":"lektsiyi-i-praktychni-zanyattya-vid-partneriv-tnmu-z-belgiyi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tdmu.edu.ua\/en\/blog\/2025\/06\/03\/lektsiyi-i-praktychni-zanyattya-vid-partneriv-tnmu-z-belgiyi\/","title":{"rendered":"Lectures and Practical Sessions by TNMU\u2019s Partner from Belgium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\" eplus-wrapper\">On <strong>May 28\u201329, 2025<\/strong>, <strong>Piet Stevens<\/strong>, TNMU\u2019s partner from <strong>Belgium<\/strong> and the founder and visionary behind <strong>Ceriter<\/strong>\u2014a company that produces <strong>smart insoles<\/strong>\u2014visited Ternopil National Medical University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" eplus-wrapper\">Piet Stevens delivered <strong>theoretical material<\/strong> during a lecture for students of the bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s <strong>\u201cPhysical Therapy\u201d<\/strong> programs, as well as for students of the <strong>\u201cProsthetics and Orthotics\u201d<\/strong> program. He also conducted <strong>practical sessions<\/strong> with future physical therapists on the use of <strong>smart insoles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\" wp-block-image size-large eplus-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"345\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tdmu.edu.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image001-1-345x460.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-167323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tdmu.edu.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image001-1-345x460.jpg 345w, https:\/\/www.tdmu.edu.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image001-1-101x135.jpg 101w, https:\/\/www.tdmu.edu.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image001-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tdmu.edu.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image001-1-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.tdmu.edu.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image001-1.jpg 1061w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\" wp-block-image size-large eplus-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"759\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tdmu.edu.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image003-1-759x460.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-167325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tdmu.edu.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image003-1-759x460.jpg 759w, https:\/\/www.tdmu.edu.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image003-1-223x135.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.tdmu.edu.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image003-1-768x466.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tdmu.edu.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image003-1-1536x931.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.tdmu.edu.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image003-1-200x121.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.tdmu.edu.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image003-1.jpg 1572w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 759px) 100vw, 759px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" eplus-wrapper\">There is currently a significant demand in Ukraine for <strong>high-quality rehabilitation services<\/strong>, particularly for patients after <strong>amputations<\/strong>. During the first four months of 2025, the <strong>state-funded prosthetics program<\/strong> enabled around <strong>37,000 Ukrainians<\/strong> to receive prosthetic limbs, including over <strong>2,250 individuals in Ternopil Oblast<\/strong> (according to the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" eplus-wrapper\">The process of selecting, adjusting to, and becoming accustomed to a prosthesis requires substantial effort, a well-trained team, and time. Ceriter\u2019s <strong>smart insoles<\/strong> significantly accelerate the <strong>recovery of proper gait patterns<\/strong> for each patient and <strong>simplify the work<\/strong> of physical therapists and rehabilitation specialists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" eplus-wrapper\">Experts from the <strong>Department of Medical Rehabilitation<\/strong> at TNMU have been working with smart insoles for over six months and note their <strong>reliability and effectiveness<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\" wp-block-image size-large eplus-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"345\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tdmu.edu.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image005-1-345x460.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-167327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tdmu.edu.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image005-1-345x460.jpg 345w, https:\/\/www.tdmu.edu.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image005-1-101x135.jpg 101w, https:\/\/www.tdmu.edu.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image005-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tdmu.edu.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image005-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.tdmu.edu.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image005-1-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.tdmu.edu.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image005-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" eplus-wrapper\">We express our <strong>sincere gratitude<\/strong> to <strong>Piet Stevens<\/strong> for his <strong>valuable contribution<\/strong> to the training of future <strong>physical therapists and prosthetists-orthotists<\/strong>, as well as to the <strong>restoration of the health of the Ukrainian nation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 28\u201329, 2025, Piet Stevens, TNMU\u2019s partner from Belgium and the founder and visionary behind Ceriter\u2014a company that produces smart insoles\u2014visited Ternopil National Medical&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":167328,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[3227],"tags":[5835,5836,3230,3235,3491,3231,3232,3233,3228],"class_list":["post-167409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","tag-ceriter-en","tag-piet-stevens-en","tag-vyshha-medychna-osvita-en","tag-medytsyna-en","tag-nauka-en","tag-osvita-en","tag-ternopil-en","tag-ternopilskyj-meduniversytet-en","tag-tnmu-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tdmu.edu.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tdmu.edu.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tdmu.edu.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tdmu.edu.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tdmu.edu.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tdmu.edu.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tdmu.edu.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tdmu.edu.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tdmu.edu.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tdmu.edu.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}