Department of General and Medical Psychology

Research activity

Responsible employee: Lunov Vitalii, Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department General and Medical Psychology, e-mail: lunyov_vitaliy@ukr.net. +38 (068) 865-06-13

The Department of General and Medical Psychology of the O.O. Bogomolets NMU has always been widely known for its multifaceted scientific work. Its employees made a significant contribution to psychological science. Many scientific studies conducted during the years of the department’s existence on pedagogical problems retain their relevance even today.

Important directions of the scientific activity of the department are the implementation of initiative-research research works on psychological problems of motivation and peculiarities of students’ adaptation to learning; psychological readiness of the future doctor for professional activity; psychological and pedagogical aspects of improving the pedagogical activity of the teaching staff of medical universities and modern teaching technologies in higher medical education; psychological features of becoming a specialist in a higher medical educational institution and the formation of a doctor’s professional psychological competence. In addition, in the center of scientific interests are problems of medical and psychological rehabilitation of participants of ATO, modern problems of psycho-oncology and directions of development of clinical psychodiagnostics.

The monographs published as a result of scientific research of the department deserve special attention: “Genetic Psychology” (2000), “Psyche Development in Ontogenesis” (2002), “Genesis of the Existence of Personality” (2006), “Genesis of the Realization of Personality” (2006), “Psychological nature of the personality” (2007), “Psychological factors of personality determination in the educational process (2013) (Prof. Maksimenko S.D.), “Pedagogical psychohygiene” (Prof. Boltivets S.I., 2000), “Ecological psychology” (associate professor Filonenko M.M., 2005), “Emotions and their importance in human life” (prof. Lazurenko O.O., 1997); “Emotional competence of a doctor: theoretical research approaches, problems of formation” (assistant professor O.O. Lazurenko, 2018) and others.

In recent years, there has been a significant increase in the scientific and pedagogical qualifications of teachers. During this time, the department completed and successfully defended doctoral and candidate theses of Assoc. Koval I.A., Assoc. Tertychna N.A., Assoc. Maksimenko K.S., Art. off Maksimov M.V.; off Bozhuk B.S., ex. Sydorenko A.Yu., ex. Moskalenko K.I., ex. H.M. Naumenko, art. off Lazurenko O.O., Assoc. E.V. Topolov, Assoc. V.V. Turban; received the academic titles of “professor”, “associate professor” – Filonenko M.M., Koval I.A., Tertychna N.A., Panasenko N.M., Horodnova N.M., Maksymenko K.S., Lazurenko O. AT. Chaban O.S., Haustova O.O. etc.

A postgraduate course in medical psychology was opened at the department (responsible associate professor N.A. Tertychna). The academic supervisors of the graduate students were Prof. Maksimenko S.D., prof. N.V. Chepeleva, prof. Chaban O.S., Assoc. Koval I.A.

For the first time in Ukraine, graduates of the medical and psychological faculty, postgraduate students of the department of general and medical psychology successfully defended their candidate’s and later doctoral theses in the specialty “Medical Psychology”. Among them: Bozhuk B.S. (2012), Sydorenko (Kasyanova) A.Yu (2012), Naumenko H.M. (2014), N. V. Goncharenko (2015), O. A. Bozhuk (2016), G. O. Poladko (2016), S. I. Kolomiets (2018), O. M. Mysyura. (2019), Yu.V. Volyanska (2020).

Evidence of the fruitful scientific work of the teachers of the Department of General and Medical Psychology and Pedagogy and the students of the Medical and Psychological Faculty is the organization and holding (since 2001) of the scientific and practical conference “Psychology in Medical and Social Practice”, and since 2008 – the international conference for students and young scientists “Current issues of medical psychology”. In addition, in recent years, the department has successfully organized and conducted scientific and practical conferences and seminars with international participation, in particular, such as “Medical-psychological rehabilitation and social adaptation of combatants: problems and prospects”, “Post-conviction syndromes: psychological aspects. Frankly, scientifically, realistically”, “Psycho-oncology-2020”, “Mental health and psychological well-being: experience of national scientific schools”, “2022-Ukrainian mental health conference”, “Medical-psychological rehabilitation and social adaptation: discourse of war, victories, restoration” and many other interesting projects.

The Department of General and Medical Psychology of the NMU named after O.O. Bogomolets is a co-executor of the project of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine on “Determination of structural-metabolic and functional systems and their relationship with psychoneurological disorders of persons who have contracted COVID-19.” The coordinator of the project from the department is its head, professor M.M. Matyash, executive consultants – associate professors of the department V.E. Lunyov and O.V. Skorobogatova.

A special place is occupied by regular professional development and scientific-pedagogical training of scientific-pedagogical staff of the Department of General and Medical Psychology of O.O. Bogomolets NMU. Thus, the staff of the department take an active part in international, all-Ukrainian and inter-university scientific, scientific and practical conferences, seminars, international scientific schools and symposia (Austria, Great Britain, Georgia, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Germany, Poland, the United States of America, the Czech Republic , Switzerland)

In recent years, the department’s employees have made 76 scientific reports at various levels of scientific and practical conferences with international participation, symposia, congresses and congresses, published 63 scientific theses in various collections, 57 scientific articles in publications recognized by the HAC of Ukraine as specialist, 84 scientific articles in other professional publications, including published abroad.

Since 2018, on the initiative of the head of the department, professor Matyash M.M. the publication of the international scientific and practical journal “General and Medical Psychology” was launched, which actively publishes the results of modern research not only by scientific and pedagogical staff, but also by a wide range of scientists, students, and postgraduates.

The task of student science is to find gifted youth capable of generating scientific ideas; ensuring the heredity of scientific schools and the continuity of scientific research; formation of internal and inter-university communicative scientific ties; expansion of a young person’s worldview; ensuring the image and high scientific rating of the department and university. These tasks are fully implemented in the student scientific circles of the department.

The Department of General and Medical Psychology successfully operates scientific circles attended by more than 100 students. Under the guidance of qualified teachers, students are involved in scientific research, the results of which are presentations at conferences and seminars. The best works of young researchers are published in scientific journals.

Members of the student scientific circle take an active part in the scientific life of the department and the faculty, together with teachers hold round tables and scientific seminars. This is evidenced by the fact that only in recent years at annual student scientific conferences and conferences, about 27 reports have been made by our young members. The students of Hurtkiv also take part in the All-Ukrainian Olympiads and take part in the All-Ukrainian competition of student scientific works in natural sciences and humanities in the field of “Gender Studies”, at which students won prizes (in 2007 – 3rd place, 2008 – 1st place, 2011 – 1st place).

Long-term experience shows that the work of students in a scientific circle is a significant opportunity both for improving students’ knowledge, developing creative thinking, and for promoting scientific research work in the future.

Therefore, the department of general and medical psychology determines the priority areas of comprehensive development of pedagogical and psychological science, conducting fundamental and applied research in the field of psychology, medicine, higher medical education, training highly qualified scientific personnel in the field of psychology and medical psychology.