On May 28-29, 2024, the IEU’s Institute of Postgraduate Education took part in the 17th People and Pharmaceutical Drugs National Congress – Ukraine with international participation that keeps discussing relevant issues in interdisciplinary medicine.

The event was moderated by Svitlana Doan, MD, the Vice-Rector for Postgraduate Education and Continuous Professional Development, Professor at the Department of Clinical Disciplines.

The Congress focused on the following crucial topics:

- Integrated approach to the treatment of chronic diseases

- Treatment and diagnostic strategies in gastroenterology

- Dialogues on allergic diseases

- Diabetes: challenges and clinical scenarios

- Dermatological examination: key points

- Specialized section on ophthalmology: Bright vision of the problem and its solution

- Mental health and high-quality life: prospects for society

- Blitz presentations of young students

- Modern standards of diagnostics and treatment of common child diseases

- Monitoring of pediatric pulmonary diseases

- Baby food: important aspects and urgent issues

- Key aspects of clinical and differential diagnostics of dermatological diseases in children

- Multidisciplinary issues of healthy child development in current wartime conditions

- Clinical cases in pediatrics: scenario analysis and ways to solve them

The Congress became a significant platform for the exchange of knowledge and experience between medical professionals of various disciplines, which will help improve the quality of medical care in Ukraine.