On January 30, 2019 Pedro Patoilo, the graduate of the academic mobility program between the University of Porto (Portugal) and Sumy State University, visited the Department of Management. Pedro Patoilo is currently working as a consultant on technology and new markets for the Portuguese company Galp Energia.
The public lecture on “Academic Mobility – an Effective Way of Self-Development”, conducted by Pedro Patoylo, sparked special interest among the students of the specialties “Management”, “Public Management and Administration”. The lecturer paid particular attention to the ways of the selection of academic mobility programs, best practices in writing motivational letters, the peculiarities of studying abroad. Pedro Patoilo emphasized that academic mobility, the opportunities for studying at European universities are a guarantee of the high competitive advantages for university graduates on both Ukrainian and European labor markets.
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On 21 December 2018 the lecturer of the Department of management Oleksii Demikhov involved the students of the specialty “Public health” in the seminar “The formation of a public health system – a way to the life prolongation and disease prevention”. The meeting was held at the Sumy Regional Clinical Hospital on the initiative of the Sumy Regional Center for Public Health. The experts shared useful information and experience in the development of the public health system in Ukraine. Physicians, pediatricians, general practitioners also joined the meeting.
The students got to know the history of the public health development, its regulatory and legal framework in Ukraine, strategic priorities and the main operative functions, implementation within the field of the Global AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria project, demographic situation and other kinds of information which is important for the effective performance of the professionals in this sphere.
On 14 December 2018 an excursion for students of the specialty “Public Health” was held at the regional communal establishment “Sumy Regional Centre for HIV/AIDS prevention” within the practice-oriented preparation. It was organized by the lecturer of the Department of management Oleksii Demikhov.
During the excursion students had the opportunity to communicate with the officials of the center, to get acquainted with its organizational and staff structure and its functional responsibilities. The students learned the peculiarities of the public health development in Ukraine on the example of the specialized institution in Sumy oblast mentioned above. Future professionals of the public health sphere acquired practical skills in their specialization.
Hanna Shvindina, associate professor of department of management of Sumy State University, took part in 2-days Workshop on “Effective Teaching”. Speakers, well known by their awards in teaching and research Dr. Rebecca Brent and Dr. Richard M. Felder, who shared their experience in a format of discussions, brainstormings, informational package and advices on Learning Objectives, Course planning and Active Learning Methods, and a lot more. The experience gain in this workshop may be transformed easily into courses on Excellent Teaching for formal and informal education. The educators, scholars, trainers and even students may be a target audience of this future course. These opportunities for Ukrainians to benefit from cooperation with HEI of USA are possible owing to Fulbright Program, international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government, administered by IEE.
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On January 30, 2019 Pedro Patoilo, the graduate of the academic mobility program between the University of Porto (Portugal) and Sumy State University, visited the Department of Management. Pedro Patoilo is currently working as a consultant on technology and new markets for the Portuguese company Galp Energia.
