ADAPTATION OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS AT IVANO-FRANKIVSK NATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY TO THE CHALLENGES OF THE MODERNITY

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Abstract. The article highlights the peculiarities of the organization of the educational process at the Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University under the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic and martial law in Ukraine. The problems of adapting the educational process to such challenges at all educational levels are becoming relevant. The University has licensed new educational and professional programs, in particular: “Applied Linguistics. Medical translation (English)ˮ of the first (bachelorʼs) degree of higher education; “Emergency medicine/paramedicˮ, specialty 223 “Nursingˮ, field of knowledge 22 “Health careˮ of the first (bachelorʼs) degree of higher education, specialization “Emergency medicineˮ, “Physical therapy, occupational therapyˮ, specialty 227 “Therapy and rehabilitationˮ, field of knowledge 22 “Health careˮ of the second (masterʼs) degree of higher education. Participation in international projects made it possible to introduce optional components: “Strong health and well-being in the context of sustainable developmentˮ and “Global climate change and its impact on human healthˮ into the curricula.

Responding to wartime challenges, IFNMU has tested the training method under the “Professor Sulimaʼs Trainingˮ program (authorized law 111327), which proved its effectiveness for learning the basic principles of self- and mutual help by persons without medical education in modern emergency conditions. The work of the Center for Psychological Support for Internally Displaced Persons and Local Residents has been activated under the leadership of the teaching therapist and supervisor of the UUP/EAP in the direction of “psychoanalysisˮ, professor, head of the department of psychiatry, narcology and medical psychology of the IFNMU Mykhailo Pustovoyt. The experience of the Center served as the basis for starting a postgraduate specialization in psychotherapy.