Considering that many students undergoing medical education in Ukraine were forced to leave Ukraine and are currently unable to return because of the current security situation and martial law imposed in the country, the Government of Ukraine has adopted a decree (https://cutt.ly/A42q043) on 28 March 2023 “On amendments to the procedure for conducting a Unified State Qualification Exam (USQE) for graduates of Master’s Degree in Healthcare”, which will allow students to take the USQE outside of Ukraine in places of their permanent residence/temporary stay during the period of martial law. The USQE includes following examinations: Integrated Test Exam “KROK”; Objective Structured Practical (Clinical) Exam; and Professional English Language Exam. The aforesaid decree will give an opportunity to the students living outside Ukraine to take KROK Examination at testing centers recognized by the State Non-Profit Enterprise “Testing Board for Professional Competence Assessment of Higher Education Trainees in Medicine and Pharmacy at the Ministry of Public Health of Ukraine”, in the respective countries of their stay, including India, and in respect of students who are in Ukraine – at the domestic institutions of higher education.
