David Tvildiani Medical University Team Achieves Success at the International Olympiad “Medicine of the Future”
The student team representing David Tvildiani Medical University (DTMU) secured 6th place among 102 participating teams in the practical OSCE stage of the international medical Olympiad “Medicine of the Future.” This achievement highlights the team’s high level of preparation and strong clinical competencies.
Georgia also demonstrated an impressive overall performance. In the country rankings for the OSCE stage, Georgia secured 4th place, while the DTMU team achieved the highest result among all Georgian participating teams, making a significant contribution to the country’s overall success.
Representing the university at the Olympiad were Liza Osepashvili, Saba Akhaladze, Ana Anakidze, Giorgi Eliashvili, and Giorgi Kapanadze.
“Medicine of the Future” is an annual international competition bringing together medical students from around the world. The event is hosted by Central Asian University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. This year, the Olympiad brought together more than 100 student teams from approximately 25 countries, with five members representing each team.
The Olympiad consists of several stages, challenging participants to demonstrate both theoretical knowledge and practical clinical skills. The first stage involves an online selection process and preparatory activities. Following their arrival at the host university, participants compete in the semifinal, which follows the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) format.
During this stage, teams demonstrate their competencies across five clinical stations covering Surgery, Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Gynecology, and Emergency Medicine. Each station is designed to assess participants’ practical skills, clinical reasoning, and ability to approach real-life medical scenarios.
The final stage of the competition takes place the following day and consists of a quiz. Questions are based on clinical cases and medical knowledge, with some challenges also requiring participants to recognize elements of art and cinema related to medicine. The final rankings are determined by combining the scores achieved across all stages of the competition.
The achievement of the DTMU team once again demonstrates the competitiveness of the university’s students on the international academic stage and highlights the institution’s continued contribution to the professional development of future physicians.
