Grodno State
Panel discussion “Healthy lifestyle challenges in the medical students’ community”
On April 4, 2025, the Department of Foreign Languages organized a panel discussion “Healthy lifestyle challenges in the medical students’ community” with the participation of students studying English, as well as foreign students of the Grodno State Medical University, their supervisors and the deputy dean of the Medical Faculty for International Students.
The event was held in English and was dedicated to the World Health Day, which is celebrated annually on April 7, the day the World Health Organization (WHO) was founded in 1948.
The Purpose of the panel discussion was to elaborate strategies for sustainable healthy lifestyle provision among medical students.
The main objectives were the following
- To gain insight into the idea of healthy lifestyle and its main aspects.
- To stress the importance of healthy lifestyle practices for young people and medical students as well.
- To identify healthy lifestyle related problems common to Belarusian and international students.
- To elaborate healthy lifestyle recommendation to the 1st-year medical students both Belarusian and international ones in order to improve physical and mental wellbeing and academic performance.
The students prepared interesting presentations which contained topical scientific data on the importance of healthy lifestyle, presented the results of the questionnaire survey on the problems of a healthy lifestyle among students, and emphasized the characteristics and attitudes towards healthy lifestyle in their own countries.
The presentations aroused genuine interest among the students of various cultures. The discussion demonstrated that the students were aware of the importance of a healthy lifestyle, possessed reliable scientific information that they were willing to share, and most of them followed the basic rules of healthy lifestyle.
The goals and objectives of the event were achieved. The students liked this format of communication with the representatives of other cultures. In addition, Belarusian students were given a real opportunity to apply their knowledge and communication skills in a foreign language on professional topics.
The participants of the panel discussion expressed a desire to continue the practice of communicating in English with the representatives of other cultures on other topics, such as medical education, health care, etc.
The Faculty of the Department of Foreign Languages is grateful to all students for their active participation!
