On October, 10-12 YIII Postgraduate Course of European Association for the Study of Diabetes took place in Lviv, Ukraine. The local organizer of the Course was the Head of Department of Diabetology of P.L.Shupyk National Medical Academy for Postgraduate Education Professor Boris Mankovsky.

This Course became traditional and it happens in Ukraine every 2 years. It has to be noted that this time international audience – either as Faculty or as participants, attended the Course. Overall, there were around 250 participants from over 20 countries.

As usual, the Course consisted of lectures and workshops, which dealt with many aspects of basic and clinical diabetology.

It is pleasant to highlight that as the members of the Faculty Ukrainian physicians and researchers were also invited and representatives of the Department of Diabetology of P.L.Shupyk National Medical Academy for Postgraduate Education - Professor Boris Mankovsky, Iryna Kondratska, Nadiia Zherdova, Olga Orlyk, Marianna Schevchuk played the active role in the running of the Course.

All participants agreed that the content of the lectures and workshops was very educational and reflected the current knowledge in the field.

European Association for the Study of Diabetes has decided to continue to run the Course in Ukraine in the future.