ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGICAL PROCESSES SIMULATION AND ANALYSIS

The Academic and Research Institute of Pathological Processes Simulation and Analysis of I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University was established by the Resolution of the Rector of the University № 201 on June 8, 2005 and has been functioning since July 15, 2005. The Institute is a structural subdivision of the university and is located in the educational buildings on Hetman Doroshenko Street, 7 and Chekhov Street, 3.

The Academic and Research Institute of Pathological Processes Simulation and Analysis includes 6 departments:

Department of Pathophysiology

Department of Disaster and Military Medicine

Department of Foreign Languages,

Department of Medical Physics of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Equipment

Department of Higher Education Pedagogy and Social Sciences

Department of the Ukrainian Language

The staff of the Institute includes 4 doctors of medicine, 5 doctors of pedagogy, 1 doctor of historical sciences and 1 doctor of technical sciences, 14 candidates of medicine, 13 candidates of pedagogy, 14 candidates of philology, 6 candidates of historical sciences, 3 candidates of philosophy, 2 candidates of law, 1 candidate of economic sciences, 1 candidate of physical and mathematical sciences and 3 candidates of technical sciences.

The departments of the Institute provide classes for Ukrainian and foreign students of all specialities. Classes with foreign students are conducted by 52 English-speaking teachers, 5 of whom have B2 English proficiency level. Training is conducted in 43 classrooms.

More than 60 virtual educational and control computer programs and videos have been worked out for students, which they have the opportunity to watch using video systems during practical classes, as well as in the process of self-preparation for the proper acquisition of practical skills in different fields of knowledge. All teaching materials are presented on the University web-site in the system "Intranet".

In the thematic laboratory "Pathophysiology of blood" students study blood pathology using a video system

Practical classes at the Department of Disaster and Military Medicine

Practical classes at the Department of Medical Physics of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Equipment

The Institute actively conducts research, which is carried out in the following areas: planning and implementation of dissertations; carrying out departmental and interdepartmental research works; organization and participation in scientific and applied conferences; organization and guidance of student research papers.

The results of the Institute staff’s research are presented in 12 monographs, 14 methodical recommendations and information letters, 23 patents, more than 700 articles in specialized scientific journals, including more than 60 - in journals indexed in Scopus and WEB of Science databases, more than 100 publications in the collections of papers for symposia, congresses, conferences. During the years of the Institute’s functioning, 10 doctors of sciences and 42 candidates of sciences have been trained at the Institute departments. More than 20 educational and scientific-applied conferences were organized and held.

Special attention at the departments of the institute is paid to the work of the student scientific circle. Every year the staff provide the consultation and implementation of certain areas of research of the student scientific circle, prepare them for various competitions and contests, national and international medical congresses of students and young scientists, where students receive prizes and awards.

Winners of student competitions

The departments of the institute are provided with all necessary textbooks and manuals for teaching. At the same time, teachers of the Institute departments are constantly working to create new ones that meet modern requirements. The Institute staff are the authors and co-authors of 20 textbooks in relevant subjects, more than 20 textbooks and 12 monographs, which are used in the educational process of many educational establishments of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine of the I-IV levels of accreditation.

The staff of the Institute actively conducts educational work that covers all areas of education of young people and is carried out in accordance with the basic provisions of the Concept of personality formation of the future doctor and pharmacist, and provides not only deep professional knowledge but also knowledge of human soul and heart.

In different years, the Institute was headed by:

2005-2013 – Doctor of Medicine, Professor Bondarenko Yu. I.,

2013-2016 – Candidate of Physics and Mathematics, Associate Professor Didukh V. D.