I am a student

My surname is Petrenko. I am 15 years old. I am a first-year student of the Medical College. I am glad that I entered this college as I want to become a nurse.

Our academic year begins in September and is over in June. We have two terms in the course of the academic year. During the academic year our students attend many lectures and have practical classes. As a rule they are very busy.

They have the lectures on different subjects. The first-year students study Anatomy. Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Latin, foreign languages and other subjects. We study English. At the English lessons we read, speak and write exercises.

From the second year the students begin to study medical subjects. Twice a year the students take their examinations. Our students have their practical training at many hospitals, polyclinics and other medical institutions. Many of them do the research work at different societies. The future nurses must have good knowledge and practical experience. I would agree that being a student of the medical college is quite a challenge to me. It demands much efforts and time, but I’m eager to become a good specialist, so I shall study hard to make my dream come true.

1.	a first-year student	студент-першокурсник
2.	academic year	навчальний рік
3.	practical classes	практичні заняття
4.	experience	досвід
5.	challenge	випробування
6.	to come true	здійснюватися

Ivano-Frankivsk Medical College

Ivano-Frankivsk Medical College was founded in December 1939. At that time it had two departments surgical and obstetrical ones and its name was Stanislav Surgical - Obstetrical school. The first lessons began in January 1940. The surgical-obstetrical school was headed by the doctor I.M.Goldman.

During the first days of the World War II the building of the school was destroyed. The new life of the school began in 1944. The local authority presented the building in Halytska St. for the medical students. There were only 7 teachers at that time. The principal of the school was Marta Volodkina (17.08.1944 -10.05.1945). She made great efforts to organize the study. For a short period (May 1945 - December 1958) the principals of the surgical-obstetrical school were Zinaida Scoch, Olga Polotnyuk, Eugenya Basclein, Lazar Kerman, Halyna Hrekova and Valentyna Kanichkina. The life of the students was hard, but despite of the lack of exercise-books and tables the students had a great desire to get a speciality. The first graduates received the diploma in 1947. There were 7 obstetricians and 24 doctors' assistants.

For 25 years (12.12 1958 - 13.10.1983) the school was headed by Hregoriy Havrysh. Under his leadership the number of graduates increased, the school began to train nurses and dental mechanics. From the year of 2009 five best students will be given a scholarship named after H.Havrysh.

Many graduates of the Medical School became famous doctors among them professors Nestor Seredyuk, Lubomyr Glushko, Bogdan Dykyj, Volodymyr Botsyurko, Myhailo Vasylyuk and Fedir Marnchur. Some graduates headed local departments of the Ministry of Public Health in Ukraine. The graduate of Ivano-Frankivsk Medical School V.M.Knyazevych was the minister of Public Health in Ukraine.

In 1988 the Medical School changed its location. Now Ivano-Frankivsk Medical College is situated in 165 I. Mazepa St. It’s a three-storied building. It is a modern building that houses light and spacious classrooms. The principals of the school Maria Mudrak (14.10.1983 - 9.09.1992 ), Roman Malets ( 1992 - 1995 ) and the former graduate of this Medical School Volodymyr Stasyuk (January 1995 -…) did their best to rebuilt the rooms for the needs of the students.

Our students study medicine. For this purpose we have a comfortable library. Here one can find many text-hooks, valuable and interesting books on medicine.

In the reading-hall the students can prepare for practical classes and lectures, work with the computer programs and find the necessary material in Internet.

The first -year students study pre-clinical subjects such as: Anatomy, Microbiology, Pharmacology, Physics and others. The lectures are delivered by experienced teachers and doctors.

There is also a nice classroom for studying foreign languages. The students read, speak, listen to the tape recorder at the lessons. There are many grammar tables in English, German and French, colored pictures for understanding different tasks.

At the practical classes the students learn nursing the patients. They have different devices and apparatuses which help them improve their practical skills in Surgery, Nursing, Obstetrics, Gynaecology and others. The students learn to make intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous injections, to listen to the patient's heart and lungs, to take the patient’s blood pressure, to feel the pulse and so on.

The advanced students participate in different scientific societies and take part in All-Ukrainian competition for the BEST NURSE. The students of our college won the first places.

The students go in for different kinds of sports — running, jumping, skating, swimming and so on. They take an active part in amateur arts societies ; they sing, dance and get various awards for this kind of activity.

Medical students must remember that it is not easy to be a good health professional. He/she must have not only deep knowledge of a particular field of medicine but must be well-educated, friendly and merciful, have a kind heart. He/she must give all his time, all his abilities, all his knowledge to people.

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