Medicine in Ukraine: An Indian Student's Journey to Ivano-Frankivsk and Med School Life Amidst War

the Medical Education Podcast

In this fourth episode of the Medical Education Podcast, Dr. Ricardo Betanho Martins talks to Indian medical student Rohith Gowdru Basavaraj from Karnataka about his experience of studying Medicine in Ukraine before and during the war. Chapters: 00:00 - Opening 01:20 - Introduction 02:45 - Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University 04:01 - From Devanagere, Karnataka, India 04:58 - Why do MBBS abroad? 05:26 - How much does Med School cost in Ukraine, India, Brazil? 08:21 - MBBS in English in Ukraine. Ukrainian required? + Indian Languages 14:43 - Why choose Ukraine for MBBS? 16:03 - Habitation and Food as a Foreign Med Student in Ukraine 19:28 - Applying for Med School in Ukraine from India 20:36 - Why Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University? Choosing a Medical School in Ukraine 25:56 - Escaping Ukraine, living the first hours of the war 27:46 - Going back to Ukraine during the war 34:22 - Remote online Medical classes during the war 38:18 - Transferring university to another country from Ukraine 39:32 - Is it ethically right to study in Russia during the war? 44:20 - Validity and Accreditation of Ukrainian Medical Diploma 47:25 - Ukrainian MBBS vs Indian MBBS 48:50 - National Exit Test (NExT) replacing Foreign Medical Graduate Exam (FMGE) in India. The Indian USMLE 49:57 - Learning Medical Procedures in Ukraine and India 51:47 - Life as a Foreign Medical Student in Ukraine 56:25 - Closing remarks Rohith 's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ll__ar__o5__ll/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 👕 STORE: https://betanhomartins.com/ 📞 CLASSES and consulting services : https://bit.ly/Ricardo-Betanho-Martins Social Media: 🌴 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/rbm_md 🐦 X: https://twitter.com/rbm_md 📸 Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/rbm_md/ 📃 Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/RBM.MD 🎥 Odysee: https://odysee.com/@RBM,MD:2 📱 Tiktok : https://tiktok.com/@UCQkONKi_XOQyNABypO4FuIA 👔 LinkedIn : https://bit.ly/RBM-LinkedIn