OLYMPIAD OF FUTURE OTTHALMOLOGISTS

From May 14 till May 16, 2019, the All-Ukrainian Student Olympiad in Ophthalmology took place fort the 25th time on the basis of the Department of Ophthalmology.
Since 1992, the Department of Ophthalmology has been the basis for the final second stage of the All-Ukrainian Student Olympiad in Ophthalmology. Each of such Olympiads contributes to the participation of a large number of students in conducting its university stage, gives them the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of the subject and the implement their own creative potential, as well as stimulates the development of clinical and scientific thinking of future medical professionals. On the other hand, competitions at the final stage of the Olympiad give an opportunity to assess the level of training of future doctors of different universities, to identify and support the best trained students.
This year’s Olympiad was attended by 17 students from 7 medical universities of Ukraine.
The tasks of the Olympiad traditionally consisted of theoretical and practical parts. The theoretical – included test tasks, solving ophthalmic crossword puzzles and creative work. This year the topic “Myths and Reality in Ophthalmology” was chosen by drawing lots.
The practical part consisted of performing three practical skills and setting the diagnosis on the slides.
The system of encryption of works and the uniformity of the conditions of the competition for all participants of the Olympiad contributed to the maximum objectivity of the jury work.
It is pleasant to note the high level of representatives of Odessa National Medical University, the Ukrainian Medical Stomatological Academy, the Medical Institute of Sumy State University. The winner of the 2nd stage of the All-Ukrainian Olympiad in ophthalmology was Bilyakova Lyudmila Olehivna, a student of the 5th year of the medical faculty number 1 of the Odessa National Medical University, which scored 93.5% of the maximum possible points. The second place was taken by Bezkorovayna Anna Oleksandrivna a student of the 4th year of the medical faculty of the Ukrainian Medical Stomatological Academy – 88% of the maximum possible points; the third place was taken by Shulga Yevhen Oleksandrovych, 5th year student of the Medical Institute of Sumy State University – 79.3% of the maximum possible points, respectively.
Participants of the Olympiad visited the simulation center of the Department of Ophthalmology, where they were able to master the most up-to-date surgical practical skills – the implementation of intravitreous injections on the simulator, which was kindly provided by Bayer. The participants expressed their satisfaction with the organization of the competition and the objectivity of the jury.
The analysis of the results of the II stage of the Olympiad showed an unequal level of theoretical and, especially, practical training of students in various universities of Ukraine, which makes it necessary to pay more attention to conducting the first stage of the Olympiad with the use of appropriate methodological recommendations.