The unconventional approach to organizing the Olympiad in Oral Surgery sparked great interest among the 3- year students of the Faculty of Dentistry. The Olympiad took place at the Poltava Regional Dental Polyclinic. The organization involved Liliia Buria, the Dean of the International Faculty, Maksym Cherkun, the Director of Medical Affairs at the Medion medical and diagnostic center and Yuliia Savelieva, the regional development manager of the Medion medical and diagnostic center. To maintain academic integrity and eliminate any potential personal influence on the results, all work was encrypted with personal passwords. The first part consisted of solving a proposed clinical problem in writing. The second part involved a “blitz” round of questions with interesting facts about oral surgery. The results were announced the next day, and the winners were awarded. Yuliia Parasych won the 3rd place diploma, Ariana Mokhno won the 2nd place (both from the group 1), and the winner was Vladyslav Nedelchev, the student from the group 4. 

The unconventional approach to organizing the Olympiad sparked great interest among the students. The sponsors of the Olympiad rewarded the winners with valuable prizes. The students expressed their gratitude to the faculty staff of the Department for their high professional level and creative approach to organizing the event, while the faculty members, in turn, wished the students new achievements and thanked the members of the organizing committee and sponsors.