Medical education and war in Ukraine

Armitage, Richard; Pavlenko, Mariia

doi:10.3399/bjgp22x720329

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“…Most have lost their homes, possessions, jobs, access to education, and appeared in culturally and linguistically distinct environments. 40 41 Their adaptation to the new conditions largely depends on humanitarian support, rehabilitation, and care. All these measures can be well perceived and accepted by Ukrainian refugee women and elderly people most of whom are well educated and motivated toward the best social and healthcare services.…”

Section: Unmet Needsmentioning

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Refugee Health: A Global and Multidisciplinary Challenge

Zimba

Gasparyan

2023

J Korean Med Sci

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The ongoing war and evolving humanitarian crisis in Ukraine have forced millions of women, children, and elderly people to flee the war zones and relocate across Poland, other European countries, and elsewhere in the world. As a result, numerous health issues have emerged in the host countries, ranging from the refugees’ low immunization coverage to psychological distress and multimorbidities. Humanitarian support and multidisciplinary approach to the issues may help to improve the refugees’ health and well-being. Involving relocated medics in rehabilitation and medical care of their compatriots may offer psychosocial and health benefits.

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Section: Unmet Needsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Refugee Health: A Global and Multidisciplinary Challenge

Zimba

Gasparyan

2023

J Korean Med Sci

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“…( aspirant [9]. Meanwhile, tuition fees in most Ukrainian medical schools are known to be much more affordable, costing around 30,000 USD for the entire course [34,35].…”

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“…All core textbooks, the material of which NEET-UG questions have to be framed material, are freely available online, while their hard copies are sold without profit to the government [99,100]. All of this has served to democratize access to and preparation for NEET-UG, for which students start preparing typically from grade 11 (two years of preparation), less commonly from grade 8 (four years of preparation), and rarely in grade 6 (six years of preparation) [94,9]. Affordable offline and online learning programs exist, including free classes on YouTube, where students learn material beyond their current grades in order to become ready for the NEET-UG, a praxis also performed by all authors of this review.…”

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“…While war-related healthcare delivery has been discussed in both the academic biomedical literature and in non-peer-reviewed sources [6,7], little academic attention has been paid to the thousands of overseas medical students who have had to abandon their education in Ukraine. In particular, the complex nuances behind their pursuit of foreign medical education and the challenges of reintegration in their home countries remain undiscussed, even though some brief calls to help trainees have been published in the literature [6][7][8][9][10][11].…”

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Overseas Medical Students in Ukraine and War-Related Interruption in Education: Global Health Considerations from India

Roy

Bhat

Ozair

2022

Annals of Global Health

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Background:The Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has caused a humanitarian crisis impacting millions of individuals within Ukraine and globally. While war-related healthcare delivery has been discussed in both the academic biomedical literature and in non-peerreviewed sources, little academic attention has been paid to overseas medical students who have had to abandon their education. These constitute nearly a third of the 80,000 international students in Ukraine and represent a valuable part of the global healthcare workforce.Objective: This article utilizes the illustrative case of the over 18,000 Indian-origin medical students enrolled in Ukraine to review the state of overseas medical students in Ukraine and war-related interruption in education.Methods: Literature, both academic and non-academic, published up until October 1, 2022, pertaining to the conflict, the impact on students, the demands of various stakeholders, and the proposed solutions, was reviewed through the use of appropriate keyword-based searches.Findings: Factors influencing the decision to pursue education in Ukraine and their precrisis pathway to home practice are first discussed. Indian-origin students have historically gone on to Ukraine after securing insufficiently competitive ranks in the national medical school entrance exam, thus preventing them from getting a heavily subsidized education at publicly funded institutions in India. In the 2022 Russo-Ukrainian conflict, these students have faced not only actual and potential challenges related to their safety, shelter, food, and home return, they have been considerably impacted by the uncertainty regarding their educational prospects back home. The article then delineates the nuances and challenges in attempting to reintegrate a large potential healthcare workforce in the home country, and discusses possible solutions, especially those being implemented by the government. Conclusion:Urgent need exists for the involvement of all stakeholders and careful consensus-building before the proposed reintegration from an equity-based perspective.

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“…Richard Armitage considers how the war in Ukraine has affected medical education for Ukraine and beyond (Ukraine has been a source of international medical graduates). 11 Ivy Mitchell and I review a seminal text -Kate Raworth's concept of 'Doughnut Economics' is in essence that we should consider the needs of people (the inner ring) and the resilience of our finite environment (the outer ring). 12 Hannah Milton reviews Our Mothers Ourselves, in which six authors of differing careers, backgrounds, and geography write about their mothers' lives in six chapters, connected by themes of mothering, immigration, and cultural change.…”

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‘Only connect’ … relationships and GP life

Papanikitas¹

2022

Br J Gen Pract

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No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less … ' wrote the poet John Donne. 1 The idea that people are connected in fundamental ways is echoed by EM Forster in the novel Howards End with its infamous epigraph, 'Only connect'. 2 Fans of The House of God author Samuel Shem will also recognise the emphasis on connection throughout his medical and non-medical fiction. 3 British GPs also endorse the idea of connecting with others through holistic practice and therapeutic relationships. Theories of relationship-based care have been adopted by the Royal College of General Practitioners. 4

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Medical education and war in Ukraine

Cited by 12 publications

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Refugee Health: A Global and Multidisciplinary Challenge

Refugee Health: A Global and Multidisciplinary Challenge

Overseas Medical Students in Ukraine and War-Related Interruption in Education: Global Health Considerations from India

‘Only connect’ … relationships and GP life

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