Annually, the Higher Educational Institution of Ukraine “Bukovynsky State Medical University” acts as the organizer of a promising scientific forum, which unites young scientists from Ukraine and other countries. Since 2014, this scientific forum is known worldwide as BIMCO (Bukovynian International Medical Congress).
Today BIMCO is the largest medical forum of young scientists in Ukraine, and its ever-growing popularity proves the European level of its scientific activities. The event involves the work of more than 35 theoretical and clinical sections, about 20 clinical master-classes and lectures by well-known scientists on topical issues of medicine and pharmacy.
On April 4-6, 2018, the V International Medical and Pharmaceutical Congress of Students and Young Scientists (BIMCO 2018) took place in Chernivtsi. Among the participants there were representatives of medical and pharmaceutical educational establishments and medical institutions of Ukraine and abroad.
OMNI-Net also joined the congress activities – a master-class was held at the Department of Pediatrics and Medical Genetics under the following program:
- Risk calculation for monogenic pathology.
- “Dysmorphology in Practice” – a presentation of Prof. W. Wertelecki, M.D. (Chairman of the Board of the International Charitable Fund “OMNI-Net for Children”, pediatrician, medical geneticist).
- Prader-Willi syndrome: medical genetic counseling.
The participants took an active part in completing all the tasks during the master-class.
