Ukrainian Tactical Medicine Forum 3.0: Boryviter Brings Lessons Learned to the Field

On August 19, Kyiv hosted the Ukrainian Tactical Medicine Forum 3.0, organized by the Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation. The focus this year: Lessons Learned in tactical medicine – how to collect, analyze, and apply battlefield experience.

The forum gathered more than 500 participants, a dozen expert speakers, and hundreds of real-world cases that are already shaping the future standards of life-saving care on the battlefield. The event provided a platform to exchange knowledge, highlight best practices, and find collective answers to urgent challenges in the field of combat medicine.

The Head of the Analytical Department at the Boryviter Center of Excellence, Pavlo Musiienko, also addressed the forum. He presented a real MASCAL case (a situation in which the number of casualties exceeds the capacity of available medical personnel and resources) that occurred during a river-crossing operation, and demonstrated how the Lessons Learned methodology is applied directly “in the field”:

Operation ➡︎ unforeseen circumstances ➡︎ After Action Review ➡︎ observations ➡︎ analysis ➡︎ remedial actions plan ➡︎ capability enhancement.

Discussions at the forum emphasized that 2025 must mark a “quantum leap” in tactical medicine, moving from isolated case studies toward a scalable, systematic approach to Lessons Learned at every level. With analytical capacity already in place – teams, methodology, and the Lessons Learned Portal – the next task is scaling. The goal: to make LL an integral part of daily practice for Defence Forces medics.

Boryviter’s role in this transformation is widely recognized. The Boryviter Center of Excellence had the privilege of training the Tactical Medicine Department of the Serhiy Prytula Foundation in Lessons Learned methodology. Today, those approaches are directly contributing to saving lives.

As Pavlo Musiienko emphasized: “Lessons Learned is not theory. It is a tool that can be rapidly deployed within a unit – and one that can alter the course of an operation, even when coordination takes place remotely.