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BOGOMOLETS NATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COMPLETED THE 3RD TRAINING CYCLE WITHIN THE ERASMUS+ KA2 UKRAINEDIGITRANS PROJECT
From 19.11.2025 to 04.12.2025 – a series of training sessions was held at Bogomolets National Medical University as part of the “Peer Trainers” educational program, aimed at developing modern digital pedagogical culture, strengthening professional competencies of university educators, and implementing innovative teaching approaches.
The team of trainers included: Oksana Vygovska, MD, Dean of the Medical Faculty №3, Professor of the Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases; Ievgeniia Burlaka, MD, Professor of the Department of Pediatrics №4; Inna Kucherenko, PhD in Physics and Mathematics, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Educational and Methodological Work, Licensing and Accreditation, Associate Professor of the Department of Medical and Biological Physics and Informatics, Associate Professor of the Department of Medical and Biological Physics and Informatics; Lesia Lymar, Doctor of Pedagogics, Associate Professor, Director of Academic Continuous Education Center; and Anna Blahaya, PhD in Medicine, Associate Professor of the Department of Hygiene and Ecology.
The training sessions were designed based on the principles of interactivity, practical orientation, and collaboration. Participants worked in groups, shared experiences, completed hands-on tasks, and created their own educational products.
Within the program, participants explored key areas of modern digital pedagogy:
- Principles of peer-learning and digital pedagogy: the role of mutual learning, professional support, and pedagogical skill development.
- Design and adaptation of educational content: course structure, requirements for electronic resources, and instructional design.
- Blended and distance learning: methods to enhance student engagement, digital services for communication and feedback.
- Multimedia solutions in education: creation of interactive presentations, videos, infographics, and learning modules.
- Modern assessment tools: formative assessment, online testing, and the use of platforms for creating tasks and rubrics.
- Development of individual educational projects: participants began creating prototypes of future courses and learning modules.
After completing the training cycle, instructors:
- updated their teaching approaches in accordance with modern educational standards;
- mastered effective digital tools for developing educational materials;
- improved their skills in structuring and presenting learning content;
- expanded their abilities to organize interactive and blended learning formats;
- initiated the creation of course prototypes to be further refined and implemented into the educational process;
- joined the university community of pedagogical innovators.
Upon successful completion of the program, all participants received certificates of completion, confirming their acquisition of digital pedagogy fundamentals and their active involvement in developing a modern educational environment at NMU. The awarding of certificates marked the culmination of intensive work and recognized the educators’ professional growth, motivation, and readiness to introduce innovations into the teaching process.
The “Peer Trainers” program is an important step toward building a network of pedagogical leaders within the university – educators capable of promoting modern teaching practices and supporting colleagues throughout the digital transformation process. The high engagement of participants and the quality of their completed projects testify to the academic community’s readiness for sustainable and systemic changes aimed at modernizing medical education in Ukraine.
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