Training of clinical skills to nurses and family doctors

Today, we held the last training session of this year within the framework of the Advanced Nurse Practitioner project together with the Academy of Family Medicine of Ukraine. So, we are going to tell you about this format of work.

In just a month and a half, we conducted 18 trainings for nurses and family doctors from the project’s pilot medical institutions in Rivne, Odesa, Chortkiv, Mukachevo, Lviv, Kyiv, and Kolomyia.

The participants worked in a doctor-nurse team during the sessions

Why? Because this format makes it possible to build trust and quality interaction within their teams and patient relationships. And a nice bonus, of course, is to improve your skills!

During the training, our participants mastered clinical skills in recording and interpreting ECGs and otoscopy, learned the basics of examining children under one-year-old, and reviewed the essential tools for screening for mental illness. They also practiced communicating with grieving patients and developed skills in dealing with patients who disagree with the doctor’s or nurse’s opinion. And all under the mentorship of professional trainers:

• Ihor Zastavnyi, family doctor, co-founder and board member of the Academy of Family Medicine of Ukraine, co-owner and doctor of the Vulyk family outpatient clinic network.
• Anastasiia Khodan, family doctor, national MhGAP trainer, member of the Board of the Academy of Family Medicine of Ukraine, and co-founder of the Vulyk family outpatient clinic.
• Natalia Tunik, family doctor, and director of the Novotroitsk Primary Healthcare Centre.
• Ivan Kutchak, family doctor, member of the Board of the Academy of Family Medicine of Ukraine.
• Liudmyla Rakovska, pediatrician, founder of the HELP kids+ medical centre, and associate professor of the Department of Paediatrics #2 at V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
• Anastasiia Spasibo, family doctor and founder of the Ridni Medical Centre.

Of course, we also share the feedback from the participants:

“Sincere gratitude not only from the nurses but also from the doctors of our institution for organizing such necessary, interesting, professional educational training. Our nurses feel more and more confident as they improve their knowledge by participating in modern professional training formats. This definitely inspires more and more respect for the role of a nurse among doctors, although there is still a lot of work to be done.”

“It was intense, very interesting, energetic, and most importantly informative!”

“Thank you for the training! Continuous professional development = high-quality medical care!”

In the future, we will share the feedback from patients from appointments with nurses with extended powers. In the meantime, we are once again convinced that thanks to this project, we are improving the accessibility of patient services and helping to use healthcare resources efficiently.