EXPERIENCE OF THE BUKOVINIAN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY IN CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR MEDICAL PERSONNEL PERFORMING NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC CARE IN UKRAINE

Abstract

Continuous professional development of doctors and nurses using modern learning tools is the key to the quality andeffectiveness of neonatal and pediatric care in Ukraine, especially given the extremely difficult challenges of wartime. The basicprinciples of continuing professional development (CPD) of Ukrainian medical and pharmaceutical practitioners were approvedby the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 725 "Regulations on the System of Continuing ProfessionalDevelopment of Medical and Pharmaceutical Workers" dated July 14, 2021.The article presents the experience of the Department of Pediatrics, Neonatology and Perinatal Medicine of Bukovinian State Medical University (BSMU) (Head - Doctor of Medicine, Professor Nechytailo Y. M.) in conducting CPD activities for medical staff providing neonatal and pediatric care in Ukraine. The Department hosts specialization and internship cycles in Neonatology and Pediatric Anesthesiology, as well as all kinds of professional seminars, workshops, simulation trainings and professional schools. The target group of the CPD activities is neonatologists, pediatric anesthesiologists, pediatricians, pediatric neurologists, family medicine doctors, emergency medicine doctors, etc.The educational activity is carried out on the basis of the Training Center for Modern Technologies of Perinatal Medicine(headed by Doctor of Medicine, Professor Yulija Godovanets), the Center for Simulation Medicine and Innovative TechnologiesCOSMIT of BSMU and clinical bases of the department. The training process involves the use of full-time and distance learning.Based on the current educational requirements and the Order of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine No. 2016 dated10.11.2022, the Department of Pediatrics, Neonatology and Perinatal Medicine of BSMU has launched CPD cycles for medicaland pharmaceutical staff with higher, entry-level (short cycle) and first (bachelor's) level of higher medical and pharmaceuticaleducation and Masters in Nursing.