I thank the wonderful team for their attention to patients and help

Today at the Rehabilitation Medicine Center of the Poltava Regional Clinical Hospital we met Dr. Yevhen Strashko, Associate Professor of the Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine of the Poltava State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Ukraine, a doctor of physical and rehabilitation medicine, who is conducting practical training with the students of the Department headed by the Deputy Head of the Department, Associate Professor Donchenko Victoria Ivanovna.

Good morning, Mr. Yevhen. Please tell us about your specialty, because your graduates are in great demand now.

Good afternoon. PSMU provides education in the educational and professional program "Therapy and Rehabilitation" in the field of "Occupational Therapy" for the first bachelor's degree and for the master's degree.

The 4th year students of the Faculty of Medicine No. 1, the Faculty of Medicine No. 2 and the Faculty of Dentistry are trained at the department and undergo theoretical and practical training at the modern material and technical base of the Center of Rehabilitation Medicine of the Poltava Regional Clinical Hospital.

Students of the second year, who will become occupational therapists, are currently undergoing practical training.

For several months doctors from Poltava hospitals have been undergoing training in the department.

In their studies they also use the lecture material according to the international project of cooperation between the Altmühlseeklinik Hensoltshöhe (Germany) and the Poltava Regional Clinical Hospital named after M.V. Sklifosovsky.

Students and trainees of the department acquire the ability to solve complex professional tasks and practical problems related to physical and occupational therapy, characterized by complexity and uncertainty of conditions, using the regulations, theories and methods of medical, biological, social, psychological and pedagogical sciences.

Students learn and help the patient on the simulator to perform exercises.

Good afternoon. Could you please tell us how your treatment is going?

Good morning. I am Viktor Pavlovich Shkurpela, a participant in the Chernobyl liquidation, a group 2 handicapped person, a regular patient of the regional hospital.

At present I have problems with my knee joints. The right knee joint is to be replaced, and then maybe the left one. At the moment, the doctors have suggested that I undergo rehabilitation and maybe we can slow down the progression of the disease and postpone the operation. I've had consultations with great specialists, I'm working out on great exercise equipment, which is plentiful here. I have just started training and I hope that everything will be fine. And I will be able to walk and visit my friends.

I thank the wonderful team for their attention to patients and help. I wish you development for the benefit of Ukrainians!

  - I thank the staff of the department for training young specialists, the staff of the Center of rehabilitation medicine for their work and I wish them new successes and achievements! And I wish all patients of the Center of rehabilitation medicine a speedy recovery! 

The project "Hospital Partnerships - Partners Strengthen Health" is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) https://www.bmz.de/en  within the framework of the support program "Support for Hospital Partnerships" https://hospitalpartnerships.org/...//www.bmz.de/en Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) https://www.giz.de/en/html/index.html

http://rehab.pl.ua/

Vitaliy Shevchenko, Project Coordinator

In the photo:

1. Lessons with participants of the training courses

2.      Practical training with 2nd year students together with a patient..

3.      Work in the department with patients.