Department of Internal Medicine with a Course in Gastroenterology

Student scientific circle

Head of the Ukrainian-language group:
Leonid Leonidovych Pavlovskyi, PhD, Associate Professor.

Head of the English-language group:
Yuliia Olehivna Bielikova, PhD, Associate Professor.

Information on the English-Language Student Scientific Group

The English-language student scientific group consists of 14 students from India, Nigeria, Lebanon, Georgia, and Ukraine.

Students prepare and present reports at international scientific forums (6 in 2023), participate in international competitions of student scientific works (2 in 2023), and publish their research in professional journals in Ukraine and other countries (5 in 2023), including journals indexed in Scopus.

Members of the student scientific group have achieved numerous awards and prizes at international and national competitions of student research papers, clinical case contests, and scientific conferences. In addition, other scientific works by student group members, conducted within the framework of the department’s research projects, have been published in co-authorship with the scientific supervisor of the group, PhD, Associate Professor Yuliia O. Bielikova, including in the proceedings of international scientific conferences.

Recommended Thematic Plan of Meetings

of the Student Scientific Group of the Department of Internal Medicine No. 4
Bogomolets National Medical University
for the First Semester of the 2025/2026 Academic Year
Start time: 15:00

Information on the Ukrainian-language Student Scientific Society

The aim of our student scientific society is to engage students in discussing актуальні (pressing) problems of modern medicine, teach them how to use evidence-based information sources, differentiate between clinically similar diseases, and get as close as possible to real clinical practice.

During meetings, training sessions are held on the use of ultrasound in the practice of an internal medicine physician; students are taught ECG recording and data interpretation. Students also have the opportunity to gain practical experience in healthcare institutions (Kyiv City Clinical Hospital No. 18, the University Clinic, and the “Innovation” Oncology Clinic).

Other members of the department are actively involved in the society’s activities: they present interesting clinical cases, teach correct analysis of additional investigation results, and help determine tactical clinical decisions according to treatment algorithms. The student scientific society at our department is an excellent opportunity for motivated students to build a foundation for writing scientific papers and publishing them in professional journals.

Main Areas of Activity of the Society

• Discussion of the most relevant issues in internal medicine
• Preparation of reports and presentations by the supervisor and society members
• Patient supervision, development of practical skills, and case history analysis
• Interpretation of laboratory and instrumental investigation results
• Discussion of complex clinical cases

Meetings are held both in person and online, allowing all interested students to participate.

Venue: Kyiv City Clinical Hospital No. 18,
17 Taras Shevchenko Boulevard, Kyiv

Meeting frequency: 1–2 times per month

1. General Information about the Student Scientific Society

1.1. Contact Information

1.3. Planned Meetings for the 2024/2025 Academic Year

Semester I

September
1.
1.1. Organizational issues, determination of research topics. Election of the student coordinator.
1.2. Management of patients with COPD and bronchial asthma.
12 September 2024

2.1. How to formulate research aims and objectives. Concept of the null hypothesis and control group.
2.2. Tactics of an internal medicine physician in managing patients with pneumonia. Modern principles of effective antibiotic therapy.
26 September 2024

October
3. Practical training: “Examination Methods in Pulmonology.”
10 October 2024

4.1. Data collection and statistical processing of research results.
4.2. Algorithm of an internal medicine physician in managing patients with arterial hypertension.
24 October 2024

November
5.
5.1. Current issues, principles, and organization of clinical research.
5.2. Management of patients with ischemic heart disease.
7 November 2024

6.1. Writing conference abstracts. The IMRAD principle. Structure of a scientific article.
6.2. Management of patients with cardiac arrhythmias.
21 November 2024

December
7.
7.1. Rules for preparing presentation materials.
7.2. Algorithm of an internal medicine physician in managing patients with congenital and acquired heart defects.
5 December 2024

8. Management of patients with acute and chronic heart failure.
   19 December 2024

Semester II

February

1. Practical training: “Examination Methods in Cardiology.” Basics of ECG and echocardiography diagnostics.
   13 February 2025
2. Management of patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease and peptic ulcer disease of the stomach and duodenum.
   27 February 2025

March
3. Management of patients with cholelithiasis and chronic cholecystitis.
13 March 2025

4. Algorithm of an internal medicine physician in managing patients with chronic hepatitis and chronic pancreatitis.
   27 March 2025

April
5. Management of patients with inflammatory bowel diseases.
10 April 2025

6. Practical training: “Examination Methods in Gastroenterology.”
   24 April 2025

May
7. Importance of laboratory investigations in internal medicine practice, basic skills in test interpretation. Management of patients with anemia.
8 May 2025

8. Algorithm of an internal medicine physician in managing patients with glomerulonephritis and pyelonephritis.
   22 May 2025

June
9. Practical training: “Basic Ultrasound Skills for Abdominal Organs.”
5 June 2025