Impact of international observerships on Ukrainian healthcare professionals during the war: a cross-sectional survey study
The international observerships played an important role in enhancing the reported skills and knowledge of Ukrainian healthcare professionals during the war. Improvements were reported in clinical practice, medical education and the implementation of new procedures. The success of these observerships underscores the potential for similar programmes in other low-income and middle-income countries/upper-middle-income countries.
Authors
- Darya Kizub (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7925-2785)
- Nataliya Kovalchuk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2619-7262)
- Mark C. Poznansky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1344-7103)
- Serguei Melnitchouk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2983-3472)
- N. Uboha
- Vitaliy Poylin
- Mark Mims
- Douglas Davis
- Alla Vash-Margita
- Nelya Melnitchouk
- Andrey Zinchuk
- Arman Kacharian
- Jacqeline Hart
- Viktor Iakovenko
- Natalka Suchowerska
- Rostyslav Semikov
Institutions
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Medical College of Wisconsin (US)
- Audubon Nature Institute (US)
- Yale University (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital (US)
- Southwestern Medical Center (US)
- Ministry of Health (UA)
- Migration Institute of Australia (AU)
- National Cancer Institute (UA)
- Southwestern Medical Center (US)
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
- University of Oklahoma (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open
- Published
- 2026-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-109052
- Primary Topic
- International Science and Diplomacy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- American Association for Cancer Research
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Yale University
- American Society of Clinical Oncology
- John S. Dunn Foundation
- Northwestern University
- Temple University
- Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer