Practical Training

Simulation Centre of the Private Higher Education Institution “Ukrainian Medical University”

The Institute’s Simulation Centre is where theoretical knowledge is transformed into practical skills. Equipped with state-of-the-art simulators and medical equipment, it provides a learning environment that closely replicates real clinical practice.

Students have the opportunity to:

• Work with high-fidelity patient simulators.
• Master complex medical procedures.
• Practise making rapid decisions in stressful situations.
• Develop teamwork and interdisciplinary collaboration skills.

Through training at the Simulation Centre, our graduates enter the profession with confidence, prepared to meet real-world challenges and capable of providing high-quality medical care.

We invest in education that saves lives!

The Institute is actively working to expand its network of partners and is committed to providing its students with high-quality practical training opportunities.

The total academic workload includes time allocated to lectures, practical, seminar and laboratory classes, consultations, clinical placements, independent and individual study, and assessment activities.

Students undertake their practical clinical training in hospital departments starting from the second year of study.

The second-year practical course “Patient Care” consists of three modules:

• Patient care in an internal medicine department.
• Patient care in a paediatric department.
• Patient care in a surgical department.

Total duration: 150 hours.

The practical course “Nursing Practice”, undertaken after the third year of study, also consists of three modules. Total duration: 90 hours. Nursing practice takes place in inpatient hospital departments.

The practical course “Clinical Medical Practice in an Inpatient Department” comprises 150 hours.

The practical course “Clinical Medical Practice in an Outpatient Department”, undertaken during the summer period after the fifth year of study, comprises 150 hours.

In addition, from the fourth through to the sixth year, students study clinical disciplines through clinical rotations. Each practical class involves the discussion of a clinical case, during which students examine a patient with the relevant pathology. At the end of each clinical rotation in a particular discipline, students present and defend a case history prepared on the basis of examining an actual patient. The practical component of clinical discipline training accounts for at least 25% of the total course workload.

Practical Skills and Competencies Assessed at Graduation

At the final graduation assessment, students must demonstrate the following practical skills and competencies:

• Knowledge and understanding of the subject area and the professional field.
• Ability to choose appropriate communication strategies; ability to work in a team; interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to communicate in their native language, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to communicate in a second language.
• Skills in using information and communication technologies.
• Ability to apply knowledge in practical situations.
• Ability to assess and ensure the quality of work performed.
• Determination and perseverance in carrying out assigned tasks and fulfilling responsibilities.
• Ability to act in a socially responsible and civically conscious manner.
• Commitment to environmental protection.

Special Professional Competencies

• Ability to establish a preliminary clinical diagnosis of a disease.
• Skills in collecting patient information.