ОСОБЛИВОСТІ РОБОТИ ЦЕНТРУ ПРОТИДІЇ ДИСКРИМІНАЦІЇ ТА ДОМАГАННЯМ ТЕРНОПІЛЬСЬКОГО НАЦІОНАЛЬНОГО МЕДИЧНОГО УНІВЕРСИТЕТУ ІМЕНІ І. Я. ГОРБАЧЕВСЬКОГО МОЗ УКРАЇНИ З ІНОЗЕМНИМИ СТУДЕНТАМИ

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Abstract. The growing number of foreign students and their countries of origin creates new challenges to universities. I. Horbachevsky Ternopil Medical National University is committed to creating and maintaining an educational, working, and living environment free from discrimination and harassment. Initially, the English classes for teachers were organized. Later, the position of deputy dean of the Faculty of Medicine for the education of foreign students was introduced. After the creation of the Dean’s Office of International Students’ Faculty, the number of foreign students increased. At the request of the legislation, the University established the Committee for Prevention and Response to Sexual Harassment at TNMU, the Committee for Prevention and Response to Discrimination at TNMU, and the Committee for Review of Bullying Cases at TNMU. The article also highlights the process of creating of the Center for the Prevention of Discrimination and Harassment and its work at I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University and describes cases of abuse by students with an attempt to use the center for their own purposes or to take revenge on teachers.