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Source: Peoples'Friendship University of Russia
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From February 20th to 22nd, the F.G. Uglov Student Olympiad in Surgery was held at the Irkutsk State Medical University. For the third time, the competition brought together the best representatives of student medical science and their mentors from Krasnodar, Kazan, Moscow, Chita, St. Petersburg, and Irkutsk.
The Olympics were dedicated to the memory of Academician Fyodor Uglov, a distinguished surgeon from a small village in the Irkutsk region. He was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's oldest practicing surgeon, with the longest career in the field—65 years (from 1929 to 1994). He performed one of his last operations on the eve of his centenary, in the presence of representatives of the Guinness Book of Records.
The competition participants completed eight tasks. The traditional challenges included "Quick Hands," "Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting," "Kidney Transplant," "Plastic Surgery," "Theoretical," and "Coloproctology." This year, an additional competition was added, dedicated to urology and the complex reconstructive procedure known as Studer's procedure.
To liven up the competition atmosphere, the children were given a pelmeni-making workshop. The choice of dish was no accident: according to Uglov's wife, pelmeni were the surgeon's favorite Siberian delicacy, always reminding him of his native land.
The RUDN University team, General Medicine program:
Daria Shelyakova, 4th year; Daryana Voikina, 4th year; Karina Amoeva, 5th year; Sofya Naumkina, 4th year; Mikhail Zhiryakov, 5th year; Elizaveta Pashkova, 4th year; Puria Zarei, 4th year; Leonid Banar, 6th year; Anna Davydova, 4th year.
The team's mentor was Pavel Dmitrievich Stefan, an oncologist, urologist, and assistant professor at the Accreditation and Simulation Center of the Medical Institute.
Winners in individual categories
Following the competition, RUDN students demonstrated high results in various competitions:
Leonid Banar and Daryana Voykina won the Kidney Transplantation competition; Anna Davydova and Sofia Naumkina won the Urology competition; Puria Zarei and Elizaveta Pashkova won the Coloproctology competition; Mikhail Zhiryakov and Daria Shelyakova won the Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting competition; Karina Amoeva won the Plastic Surgery competition.
The entire team participated in the theoretical competition. The overall team result was third place.
Growth vector
Mikhail Zhiryakov explained that he was invited to the Olympiad as an assistant by Daria Shelyakova because he had already worked in operating rooms and was familiar with the properties of suture material. The competition they participated in as a pair involved coronary artery bypass grafting using a venous conduit from the great saphenous vein. Daria Shelyakova performed the procedure by cutting the existing conduit and suturing it layer by layer to the vessels. She used a prolene thread as thin as a human hair, and the hole in the aorta was created using a special instrument called an aortic punch.
"Third place is a great growth spurt and a joy for our colleagues! Irkutsk welcomed us warmly and warmly. The guipure trim on the local houses immediately caught our eye. Irkutsk has the most wonderful girls and the bravest men! On the first day, local poets performed for us and introduced us to the history of the Siberian capital. We drank coffee and met colleagues from other universities in our vast country," said Mikhail Zhiryakov.
"This was my first time at the Olympics as captain. All the guys prepared seriously and showed a worthy result. Perhaps things didn't go as we would have liked, but this gave us the opportunity to analyze all our mistakes and strive only for the future. These guys still have a lot ahead of them, I'm proud of them all, we were a team," says Daria Shelyakova.
Elizaveta Pashkova also noted that Irkutsk welcomed her very warmly: the temperature in the city was plus five degrees Celsius, and the sun was shining brightly. The participants only experienced the Siberian cold on the third day, when they went to Lake Baikal. She called this trip a true winter miracle, providing unforgettable impressions. Elizaveta participated in the proctology competition as an assistant. This was her first experience participating in the Olympiad.
"I'd like to express my gratitude to the experts—all highly skilled specialists and, at the same time, very warm-hearted people, true doctors! And also, thank you to the entire team who were there for me and supported me at every step. Thank you all for the opportunity to experience such unforgettable and touching emotions," says Elizaveta Pashkova.
Anna Davydova shared that it was a great honor for her to participate in the Uglov Olympiad. In the urology competition, she and her partner had to create a new bladder from a section of the ileum—a procedure required for bladder cancer patients.
"This experience exceeded all expectations; we managed to take third place. Irkutsk is a city with a soul, with many interesting cultural sites. With love from Siberia," says Anna Davydova.
The Olympiad organizers noted the high level of preparation of all participants and the importance of holding such events for exchanging experiences between medical students from across the country. The RUDN University team demonstrated its professionalism and ability to work under challenging competitive conditions, representing the university with distinction at this prestigious competition.
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