Ivanchenko O. Z., Melnikova O. Z., Lukina H. M., Mikaelyan G. R.

WAYS OF STRENGTHENING INTEGRATIVE LINKS BETWEEN FUNDAMENTAL AND PROFESSIONAL DISCIPLINES OF MEDICAL EDUCATION

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Ivanchenko O. Z., Melnikova O. Z., Lukina H. M., Mikaelyan G. R.

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MEDICAL EDUCATION

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It is known that ensuring the quality of medical education can only be achieved by observation of the principles of continuity and unity of education. The purpose of this work was to determine the role of fundamental disciplines in teaching professional disciplines and to find possible ways to improve interdisciplinary links. The main research methods were questionnaires, surveys, observations, and testing of students. Altogether 100 people who studied at the 6th (graduation) course of the specialty "Medicine" were examined and voluntarily agreed to answer questions about which basic knowledge and skills were useful for their professional training. The results of the work showed that the majority of respondents believed that fundamental disciplines are a necessary basis for the quality training of clinicians. Students highly appreciated the connection between different disciplines during their studies. According to the students, the basic disciplines were the most integrated among themselves, as indicated by 86% of the respondents. 72% of graduates assessed the existence of a connection between fundamental and clinical disciplines. Knowledge and skills in medical and biological physics were recognized as relevant and used in professional training by 64% of respondents. Among the topics of the discipline, the most useful for professional training were those that considered such modern, well-known clinical methods as electrocardiography, X-ray diagnostics, ultrasound, electrophysiotherapy, and electrical stimulation. The number of respondents who recognized the role of medical and biological physics for the subsequent study of these methods in senior courses ranged from 80 to 93%. Along with this, students used knowledge and skills from the other, more theoretical topics to study normal human physiology and pharmacology, i.e., the other fundamental disciplines which future doctors master immediately before professional training. In the process of research, we found that the main ways to maintain the interdisciplinary connections between fundamental and professional disciplines are the actualization of the study of topics by the teacher and the demonstration of the practical value of knowledge and skills, which can be realized in the first courses with the help of medical devices, when students study the principles of their application, and reviewing articles in the medical journals.

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«Bulletin of problems biology and medicine», 2023 Issue 2, 169, 321-325 pages, index UDC 378:61:[37.091.214.18-021.311+37.091.214.18-021.321]

DOI:

10.29254/2077-4214-2023-2-169-321-325