Historical Background

The Department of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy traces its origins back to 1996 (History and present of the department). It was initially organized as the Department of Recreation and Physical Rehabilitation, headed by the candidate of pedagogical sciences, associate professor A. M. Tuchak. In 1999, due to the reorganization of the Department of Biological Foundations of Physical Education and the Department of Recreation and Physical Rehabilitation, the Department of Physical Rehabilitation was established, headed successively by candidate of medical sciences, professor B. P. Greida; doctor of medical sciences, professor V. S. Pikaluk; candidate of pedagogical sciences, associate professor T. Ye. Tsyupak; candidate of sciences in physical education and sports, professor A. I. Alyoshina; doctor of biological sciences, professor Yu. Ye. Lyakh. In 2015, the department was renamed the Department of Human Health and Physical Rehabilitation, later the Department of Human Health and Physical Therapy. Since 2019, the department has been headed by doctor of sciences in physical education and sports (specialty 24.00.03 – physical rehabilitation), professor O. Ya. Andriychuk. In 2020, the department was renamed the Department of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy and integrated into the Educational-Scientific Medical Institute, and since 2021, it has been part of the Medical Faculty.

Material and Technical Base of Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University

Material and Technical Support of the Department of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy

Material and Technical Base "Hart", Cultural and Leisure Center of VNU named after Lesya Ukrainka and certified shelters

Faculty

Andriychuk Olha Yaroslavivna – head of the department, doctor of sciences in physical education and sports, professor.
Greida Nataliya Bohdanivna - candidate of pedagogical sciences, associate professor.
Sitovsky Andriy Mykolayovych - candidate of sciences in physical education and sports, associate professor.
Ulyanytska Nataliya Yaroslavivna - candidate of biological sciences, associate professor.
Usova Oksana Vasylivna - candidate of biological sciences, associate professor.
Tsyupak Tetyana Yevhenivna - candidate of pedagogical sciences, associate professor.
Kyrylyuk Viktoriya Vasylivna - senior lecturer of the Department of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy.
Haivolya Ruslan Yuriyovych - assistant of the Department of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy.
Stepanenko Vyacheslav Volodymyrovych - candidate of biological sciences, associate professor.
Yakobson Olena Oleksandrivna - candidate of medical sciences, associate professor.
Lavryniuk Volodymyr Yevhenovych - candidate of medical sciences, associate professor.
Haiduchyk Petro Danylovych - candidate of psychological sciences, associate professor.

Clinical Education Coordinator

Melnychuk Viktoriya Olehivna

Adjuncts

Kolesnyk Hanna Vasylivna - doctor of medical sciences, professor, head of the minimally invasive surgery department at KP "Medical Union of the Lutsk City Territorial Community".
Stepan Bohdan Tanasiyovych - candidate of medical sciences, associate professor, doctor at KP "Volyn Regional Clinical Hospital" of the Volyn Regional Council.
Kolykhan Volodymyr Petrovych - candidate of medical sciences, senior lecturer, head of the neurosurgery department at KP "Medical Union of the Lutsk City Territorial Community".
Kryshtalska Antonina Tadeivna - doctor of physical and rehabilitation medicine, head of the post-acute, long-term, and outpatient rehabilitation department at KP "Volyn Regional Hospital for War Veterans".
Porchuk Halyna Volodymyrivna - doctor of the highest category, head of the physiotherapy department at KP "Volyn Regional Clinical Hospital" of the Volyn Regional Council.
Tsizh Olena Serhiyivna - occupational therapist in the rehabilitation department at KP "Medical Union of the Lutsk City Territorial Community".
Buhval Andriy Volodymyrovych - physical therapist in the rehabilitation department at KP "Medical Center for Rehabilitation of Combatants of the Lutsk City Territorial Community."
Trach Roman Yaroslavovych - doctor of the highest category, head of the burn and reconstructive surgery department at KP "Medical Union of the Lutsk City Territorial Community".

Academic Support Staff

Hrytsai Oksana Serhiyivna – senior lab technician at the Department of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy.
Keska Iryna Mykhailivna – senior lab technician at the Department of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy.

Levels of Higher Education

The department provides training for higher education students in specialty 227 "Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy" in the field of knowledge 22 "Health Care":

Bachelor. Training is provided based on general secondary education and degrees of "junior bachelor," "professional junior bachelor," or educational-qualification level "junior specialist." There is an opportunity to obtain a European-style diploma, and undergo internships and practice abroad.
Master. Training is provided based on a bachelor's, specialist's, or master's diploma.
Doctor of Philosophy. PhD program in "Physical Therapy."