The war vs. COVID-19 Lockdown: compare of impact on foreign students’ performance in studding of Medical Informatics in TNMU

Abstract

The current challenges to the system of medical education in Ukraine are noted. The process of development and deploying of distance learning components in educational process at the I. Horbachevsky National Medical University in Ternopil (TNMU) is shown. The key elements of implementation of full-scale distance education workflow at TNMU during the COVID-19 lockdown as well as since 2022 full-scale military invasion in Ukraine are presented. The distance education features of teaching of Medical Informatics and Biostatistics course at TNMU are noted. The experience gained during both latest implementation of full-scale distance education at TNMU is presented. The comparative analysis of students’ performance in studding of Medical Informatics and Biostatistics course during both latest fully distance educational periods are presented. Contributions of real-time online communication together with safe environment in better students’ learning results under distance education mode are shown.