MEDICAL FACULTY NO 2: THE BEST AMONG EQUAL

31.08.2016

The history of medical faculty No 2 started in June, 1976, when it was resolved to establish two faculties: medical No 1 and 2 on the base of the uniform therapeutic faculty at Kyiv medical institute. At that time it was grounded mainly by organizational issues but for 40 years it became obvious that medical faculty No 2 is not just a separate structure but the whole world with its soul, unrepeated atmosphere and extremely interesting filling.

The faculty includes 12 departments, where 217 teachers work. Most departments are clinical, namely they teach the students not only to acquire the theoretical knowledge but to integrate them into the whole picture of perception and to implement into practice. In general our students can study at 31 clinical bases.

Approximately 2.5 thousands students acquire the new knowledge and skills at medical faculty No 2, including foreign ones. Since 1976 the faculty trained over 17 thousands of highly qualified doctors.

The history is created by people. We are such ones thanks to a great number of outstanding personalities.

The following famous scientists taught at departments, learnt with their mastery: academician in AMS of USSR A. Romodanov, corresponding member in AMS of USSR O. Grytsiuk, corresponding member in AMS of USSR B. Mankovskyy, laureate of State Prize of USSR V. Zemskov, professor G. Voronkov, professor S. Goligorskyy, professor I. Kurylin, professor D. Nalyvayko, professor I. Pototskyy, professor M. Putylin, professor S. Slynchak, professor M. Cherenko, professor T. Shlapak, professor B. Schepotin, professor O. Yarosh and other outstanding scientists.

7 deans have changed during existence of the faculty.

The first dean of the faculty was the famous organizer, talented pedagogue, clinician-phthisiologist, public leader – professor Orest Maksymovych Ivaniuta (1976-1979).

Since 1979 until 1985 the faculty was headed by pathological physiologist, Doctor of Medicine, laureate of State Prize of UkrSSR, professor Yurii Viktorovych Byts. As a creative and outstanding personality, professor Yurii Byts enjoyed the great respect and honor among students and employees of university.

Since 1985 the dean of faculty was the biochemist, Doctor of Medicine, laureate of O.V. Palladin Prize, professor Yurii Volodymyrovych Khmelevskyy. Yurii Khmelevskyy occupied the post of the dean up to 1988.

Since 1988 until 1990 the medical faculty No 2 was headed by Doctor of Medicine, head at department of faculty surgery, professor Yulii Viktorovych Baltaytis. The dean Yulii Baltaytis in the past was the head and founder of Republican proctologic center, who was engaged in problems of endoscopic surgery, surgical gastroenterology and proctology.

Since 1990 until 2014 the dean of medical faculty No 2 was the famous cardiologist, corresponding member in AMS of Ukraine, Honorary Scientist and Technician of Ukraine, active member in European society of cardiologists, professor Vasyl Zakharovych Netiazhenko.

In 2014-2015 the post of the dean at faculty was occupied by Doctor of Medicine, surgeon of the highest category, cardiovascular and emergency surgery, professor Viktor Anatoliyovych Cherniak.

Since 2015 the medical faculty No 2 was headed by Candidate of Medicine, assistant professor at department of surgery No 4, surgeon of the highest category Nataliia Yuriivna Litvinova. Today the changes take place at the faculty: the system of electronic dean’s office is being implemented, the dean’s office is open for students, their ideas and proposals.

The educational and scientific activity is developed by joint efforts of teachers and students of the university. In 2015 they established the Students’ scientific center – union of students’ scientific clubs of departments. During its existence they performed many joint meetings, master classes and experiments. The most interesting ones are the united meetings of some clubs that enables applying the multidisciplinary approach to study of pathologies, connecting the fundamental medicine with clinical practice. Foreign students are also involved into the clubs. The meetings for them are held in English.

The students of medical faculty No 2 take part in all-Ukrainian Olympiads and scientific conferences in Ukraine and abroad, pass through probation within the international exchanges of IFMSA. This year the students visited 20 countries of the world. During some years in succession the students of NMU become the laureates of Scholarship program “Zavtra.UA”, as well as win the grants for own researches.

As Anton Chekhov wrote, everything in human shall be beautiful, the students of faculty are thoroughly developed, in addition to the study and science, at the faculty there is the energetic public and cultural life. Medical faculty No 2 is the first faculty, where the students’ self-government enjoys the rights, granted by the new Law of Ukraine “About higher education”, generates and implements many creative ideas as to diversity and improvement of all spheres of life at the faculty. They were the first ones, who started performing the general elections of monitors, including of hostels.

Medical faculty No 2 created the pages of faculty in social networks for timely notification of students about university events:

http://nmu.ua/zagalni-vidomosti/fakultety/medychnyj-fakultet-2/
https://www.facebook.com/nmumed2/?fref=ts

We believe that only that society has the future, which can organize itself, responsibly treat its rights and duties, can transform the potential for totality of separate personalities into potential of collective cooperation. This year they launched the new practice for training of third year students to testing “KROK-1”, within the limits of which the senior students shared their knowledge and experience.

Now the Students’ council of the faculty includes 5 sections: information, cultural entertainment, sports, academic, scientific and social educational.

The folk wisdom tells: “The one, who cannot rest well, that one cannot work well!” The students of medical faculty No 2 do not forget about entertainment.

In March, 2016 the university performed the first competition of talents. The most number of participants, who passed through selection, were namely the students of medical faculty No 2. Also in June, 2016 they launched Medical Care Day together with the medical faculty No 1 and under assistance of trade union of students at NMU.

The students of medical faculty No 2 are the participants and winners in intellectual games of NMU, such as “What? Where? When?”, “Medical tournament” for many times. They also take part and occupy the prize places in sports competitions in football and futsal, kettlebell lifting, arm-wrestling, volleyball and many others.

We love our faculty, are proud of what we have achieved and work in order to be better.

Dean’s office of medical faculty No 2