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Introduction. World Health Organization announced that COVID-19 was a “public health emergency”. Тhe number of patients with COVID-19 and deaths from this disease are increasing every day, so the issue of diagnosis and treatment of this serious pathology remains relevant. Goal. To identify the key lung lesion patterns in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection during digital radiological examination. To identify its capabilities in assessing the prevalence and dynamics of radiological manifestations of lung damage. Material and methods. The analysis of data of radiological examination of 1,075 patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection in moderate and severe conditions, who were treated in MNPE KRC “Regional Clinical Specialized Dispensary for Radiation Protection” in the period from June to November 2020 has been carried out. All the patients were given digital radiography at the time of treatment. To assess the dynamics the control examination depending on the clinical manifestations was held. The images were evaluated by two independent radio- logists. Pathological changes manifested in the form of matte, consolidation of parenchyma and reticular pattern. Results. The majority of the total number of the surveyed patients falls on the age group between 50 and 75 years old – 789 patients (73.4%). The most common pattern of lung lesion on the primary radiograph is a GGO symptom (82.7%), and in control examination there was an increase in the frequency of consolidation (53.4%), and then – fibrous changes of varying severity (62.5%). Bilateral lesion was detected in 74.8% of cases. Middle-lower and lower lobes of the lungs were more often affected. Conclusions. OCC CT should be used to detect pathological changes in COVID-19 in the early stages, and digital radiography can identify characteristic signs of lung lesion in inpatients with moderate to severe Coronavirus disease and is sufficient to assess the dynamics of the patholo- gical process. Digital radiography method should be included in the examination protocol of patients in moderate and severe conditions in the hospital due to the impossibility or difficulty of their transportation. If repeated examination in such patients is necessary much higher dose load on CT compared to digital radiography should be taken into account.

Background. Higher education internationalization is a process develop­ing at national, industry-specific and institutional levels, when the goals, functions and mechanism of providing educational services become inter­national in nature. A distinctive feature of modern university education is a high rate of in­ternationalization and global introduction of teaching medical disciplines in English. International cooperation has been and remains one of the pri­orities of KNMU development. It is an integral part of the university life developing within the framework of the higher school of Ukraine in higher education world system. Purpouse of the paper is to analyze higher medical education internation­alization development due to English medium at KNMU, new directions of improving teaching radiology and radiation medicine using modern in­novative technologies. Material and methods. International work experience and pedagogi­cal and professional internships; experience of training foreign students of the authors as well as the teachers of others departments. The litera­ture sources and and information provided at KNMU official website have been used and analyzed. Results. The necessary components of internationalization of teaching in English medium is a high level of English proficiency of university teaching personnel; sufficient material and technical resources; continuous training of teachers following and taking into account international teach­ing experience, participation in international educational conferences. Conclusions. Higher education internationalization is an inevitable pro­cess developing at national, industry-specific and institutional levels; it implies that the goals, functions and mechanism of providing educa­tional services become international and have a high rate of international­ization and global implementation of teaching medical disciplines in Eng­lish medium.