The Head of the Department - prof. S.M. Andreichin, 
MD.

Staff: 1 professor, 8 associate professors, 2 assistants, 1 laboratory assistant.


      The department was organized in August 1957. The first head of the department was M.D., Prof. M.H. Masyk. This was the period of becoming of the department. Its staff  was engaged in the problems of hepatology and haematology

In 1966-1985 the department was chaired by M.D., Prof. V.A. Hrygoryan. The staff  of the department studied the problems of rheumatism, ischemic heart disease and atherosclerosis.

 in 1985-2003 - the department was chaired by M.D., Prof. A.V. Yepishyn. Within this period the unique approach was made to scientific researches – problems of immunopathology in  different diseases.

 Since September,  2003 the department has been headed by prof. S.M. Andreichyn. Scientific researches are devoted to gastroenterology, cardiology and rheumatology. Prof. S. M. Andreichyn  passed  internship in the gastroenterology clinics of the Bratislava medical university.

 

 

 

 

 

Educational Work

     Educational process includes mastering in methods of physical examination of patients, semiotics of internal diseases as well as ethiology, pathogenesis,labdoratory and instrumental methods of examinaion. There are some peculiarities in teaching internal diseases propedeutics at the department. They are: absence of skills of communication with patients for students, who enter our department. Next to bases of therapeutic knowledge and  practical skills in examination of a patient  teachers teach the students deotology, ability to communicate both with patients and also with colleagues, middle medical personnel, workers of a hospital. Eucational  work on a department is directed on forming of highly skilled specialist which has not only the detailed theoretical base but also owns practical skills and ability l to apply them in practice at sufficient qualifying level. It all enables to form skills of examination of a patient for a future doctor, in fact students of medical faculty study this a very important subject during III year of education.

At the department students study a very important in practical activity of a  doctor section of work – care of patients and bases of nursing  practice. Students master bases of nursing knowledge under  teacher”s control  and at the help of experienced middle medical workers of the hospital. Students of medical and stomatological faculties, using possibilities of clinical base of hospital N 2, meet with work functional diagnostics rooms, where they master the electrocardiography method  of research as one of most essential in dignostics of internal organs diseases. Besides students meet with such modern methods of diagnostics as fibrogastroskopy, ultrasound diagnostics, magnito-nuclear tomography.

Studies on the department are conducted three languages: Ukrainian, Russian, English.  The subject “Internal medicine Propedeutics and Care of Patients” is taught to the 2nd- and 3rd- year students of medical faculty and also to the 2nd-year students of dentist faculty. Besides 3rd and 4th year students of dentist faculty study “Internal Diseases”. The teaching staff delivers lectures in Clinical Examination and Diagnosis of Therapeutic Diseases.
      Workers of the department has published methodical instructions for students on Care of Patients, Propedeutics of Internal Diseases in 4 parts, on Management of a Patient and writing Case History in Ukrainian, Russian and English. Textbook “'Propedeutics of Internal Diseases and Care of Patients” has been published, as well as educational and testing program on CD “Propedeutics of Internal Diseases and Care of Patients”. Manuals were published on classifying the internal organs’ diseases, on diagnosis and treatment of emergent cases, on diagnosis of immune impairments in clinics  as well as monographs “Autoimmune Processes and their Role in the Clinical Manifestation of Internal Diseases” , “Reference of Doctor's Assistants”  and ”Medical Education  in Slovakia Republic”. 

 

On practical classes

Researches

      An important place in activity of the department occupies scientifical research. The collective of the department fruitfully works above the study of problems of combined pathology of digestive system organs and affection of other organs and systems. Works, carried out with collective members, touch to problems of gastroenterology, rheumatology, pulmonology, cardiology. Basic attention is paid to the aspects of diagnostics and treatment of combined pathology of  internal organs and viral hepatitis because   their actuality grows in connection with worsening of epidemiological situation all over the world.

The results of scientific researches are inculcated in the terapetic departments of Ternopil city and its region, as it is recorded in  11 acts of introduction, 2 informative letters, 4 patents on an invention, numerous publications in medical juournals  and theses. Under the direction of prof. S.M. Andreichyn there were defended 4 candidate  dissertations.

Recently assistant of the department I.I. Ganberger has got the diploma of candidate of medical sciences after successful  protecting of her candidate dissertation devoted to problems of combined pathology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and osteoartrosis o the asis of virl hepatitis.

Now they are planned  2 candidate as well as 1 doctor dissertations. Annually the workers of the department are conducted inter-regional scientific-practial  conferences.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Medical Work

      Medical work is conducted on the base of therapeutic separations N1 and N 2 of Ternopil City Communal Hospital N 2. .  Annually the department personnel consults about 2500 patients, organizes scientific-practical and clinico-pathanatomic conferences.  They participate in activity of Control-Expert Comissopn of  City Department of Helth Protection, in Doctor Consulting Comission  Medical University, Ukrainian Medical Society, some of tem are  the members of Ukrainian society of Internists. More than 100 new methods of diagnosis and treatment have been elaborated and introduced into practice. The professor and associate professors of the department carry out the weekly planned rounds and conduct  consultation receptions in therapeutical, surgical, gynaecological and ostetrical departments f the hospital as well as in intensive care unit.

After professor’s rounds diagnostically difficult cases are discussed with the doctors of practical health protection. Besides, members of the department hold their duties in the  hospital, carry out urgent duties at home, examine patients in policlinics. Associate professor N.Z.Yarema  renders a consultatin help as a rheumatologist to patients both in permanent establishment and in the policlinics of a hospital.

The teachers of the department often discuss questions of pathological stated  diagnosticstogether with the doctors of functional diagnostics unit. The workers of department participate in work of Comission  on questions of health protection  reformation in Ternopil Region, created at active voice of Ternopil State Medical Univeritsity.

The members of the department render consultating and teatment  help to the rural population of Ternopil region in accrued centers of primary medical-sanitary help during their departures in villages Large Govyliv, Terebovlya region and Uvisla, Gusyatin region, and also in Denisiv geriatrics department of Kosova region.

Scientific and medical work of department workers performances were presented on meetings of Ternopil regional society of internists, on scientifical-practical, clinical conferences and symposiums both in Ukraine, and abroad.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Following normative documents and orders of administration of SHEI «Horbachevsky’s Ternopil State Medical University», the collective of the department is concentrated in thir work and plans on continuous perfect in teaching quality, assist development of creative capabilities of students. To work above introduction of new progressive study technologies and addition to the material and technical base of the department (test tasks and rel-life situations, materials for independent students’ work with video- and audioaccompaniment, including Internet resourses, as well as educational tables, charts, pictures). To begin and continue the prosecution of creation of new textbook on Internal Diseases Propedeutics in Ukrainian and English languages.

To take part in educational-methodical conferences and other forums. To publish in journal «Medical Education» scientific revisions from the improvement of teaching  of Internal Diseases Propedeutics.

To continue implementation of fragment of interdepartmental research. The results will be published in various scientific journals, congresses, conferences, and inculcated into medical practice. To involve to the scientific work talented students, realizing their opportunities in the student scientific circle. To continue training of scientific personnel (doctors and candidates of medical sciences).

To take an active part in the supervision of patients in the rounds and consultations, as well as exit settlements. Organize scientific, practical and pathnatomiclal conferences. To follow clinical protocols and to make proposals on their improvement. To implement the practice of health research results as their own and borrowed.