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3 . 2019
Editorial

Editorial

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Educational technologies

The definition of the most important learning technologies to students in medical school

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The study of a number of technologies of students training at the Krasnoyarsk state medical University to determine their effectiveness in obtaining knowledge and mastering of practical manipulation on the subject "Care for therapeutic patients". From the analysis of personal data, the most effective learning technology here is "learning to manipulate phantoms", equally important are "information from the teacher" and the technology of "learning by check-lists". Other technologies also do not exclude their use in teaching students, but in a smaller number.

Assessment of the degree of formation of skills and clinical competence of students

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The Emergency medicine, anesthesiology-resuscitation and intensive care are unique disciplines that require special learning conditions for making clinical decisions. Formation of skills of own educational activities, record keeping and evaluation of results leads to the acquisition of professional competencies, which will allow doctors to provide highly qualified medical care.

The aim of teaching the discipline is the formation of professional competencies in the provision of emergency care to patients, taking into account modern medical technologies.

Methodological strategies of the SPICES model in English for academic purposes

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This paper presents implementation of the elective course "Academic English for Medical Science" developed at the Voronezh State Medical University named after N.N. Burdenko. The course is based on methodological principles which integrate linguistic approach to Academic English writing with key strategies of the SPICES model. The authors suppose that the outlined strategies, namely student-centered learning, problem-based learning and outcome-based learning may and should serve as criteria for medical students and can contribute to learning of pragmatic, lexical-semantic, grammar-syntactic and genre-functional aspects Academic English.

Professional Development

Insufficient vocational guidance work as a reason of staff shortage in medicine

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The survey among students of S.I. Georgievsky's Medical Academy of V.I. Vernadskiy Crimean Federal University was conducted. It was revealed that majority of interviewed students choose their future profession on the basis of incomplete or incorrect information. As a result, their opinions about the future profession and compliance with it were changed during studying at university. In the first year of study, 89.2% of respondents are ready to work in the specialty, but after 6 years their number falls to 75%. The obtained results indicate the shortcomings of vocational guidance work.

Application of innovated technologies in raising the level of doctor’s skill in system of continuous medical education

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Following the program of introduction of continuous medical education, based on the educational virtual clinic (EVC) of the Voronezh State Medical University named after N.N. Burdenko preliminary postgraduate emergency medicine courses for doctors of various non-urgent specialties were developed. The training programs are based on principles and methods of contextual education as the most effective in working with an adult contingent. For the improvement of the effectiveness of the educatory process, extraordinary educational tools are being introduced into the programs. EVC staff filmed an artistic musical video which was dedicated to the critical care medicine. In order to clarify the applicability of this work with help of distant communications a survey was conducted. And it gave unexpected results that showed the interest of both medical workers of different specialties and respondents not related to medicine in the promotion of urgent medical activities.

Experience

The components of creative abilities of medical students in a real educational process while learning medical informatics

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The article covers the problems of forming creative abilities of future medics in a real educational process, concretizes scientific image of the content of scientific notions in the research (creative abilities of the future physician, creative educational process, creative information activity of the medical student). In the publication results of ascertaining experiment (cognitive, technologic, information and communications and reflexive-axiological) and indexes and criteria of creative abilities development levels of medical students are represented.

Starting physician on the clinical residency threshold: expectations and challenges

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The authors reviewed current regulatory framework in terms of training medical specialists in clinical residency. 8 core competencies present in all federal educational standards for residency programs were included into the questionnaire. Participants were asked to evaluate the significance of each of these competencies on a 10-point scale. Total 339 respondents starting their first year of residency at the A.I. Evdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry were surveyed. Significant differences were found in scores of certain competencies related to the gender, age and specialty of students. A multi-dimensional cluster analysis of the study results was conducted according to which these professional competencies were divided into 2 clusters. The results of the survey indicate that both dental and medical residents who are starting their postgraduate training are mostly focused on acquiring the competencies necessary for direct work with patients. The authors suggested that closer contact of trainees with potential employers would contribute to their professional development into highly qualified medical professionals.

Didactic testing in medical education: the result analysis at the department of human anatomy

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Introduction of information and communication technologies is obligatory to maintain the educational process at medical school. They are used to develop the didactic testing of student academic outcomes according to subjects. Thus, it helps to improve the assessment system in undergraduate medical education. The paper presents the data analysis of didactic testing among students of the General Medicine Faculty of the Ural State Medical University in the subject "Anatomy" obtained during examination session in 2018/2019 academic year. The method of didactic testing used at the department of human anatomy proved to be valid. The results of the analysis can be used to monitor the quality of the educational process at the department; they also allow to offer criterial rates to convert the results into the conventional for Russian educational system assessment scale, and prospectively into the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System.

Regarding the evaluation of level of training of nursing specialists

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In the article analysis results of the level of development of competencies in the field of therapeutic and diagnostic process and the provision of emergency first aid by students who receive secondary specialized (nursing) education are represented. In addition, the test control results of future nursing specialists on disaster medicine were analyzed. A relatively low level of knowledge of catastrophe medicine service organization theoretical foundations and high preparedness in matters relating to practical skills and abilities for emergency pre-doctor healthcare delivery were revealed. Nursing specialists also carried out a self-assessment of the level of their preparedness in various areas of their activities. An insufficient level of knowledge in the domain of organization, healthcare economics and legal support for nursing has been identified.

Organization of inter-university cooperation of students

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The effectiveness of ongoing reforms in national healthcare depends largely on the willingness of medical staff to cooperate. These skills should be developed by doctors in their student years. By means of questionnaire survey, logical and monographic methods principal directions of this work were analyzed and summarized at the Department of Public Health and Healthcare named after N.A. Semashko, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University). They include: students' open learning based on authorial programs, organization of collaborative activities of students' scientific circles of various universities, involving students to participate in All-Russian olympiads and conferences.

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CHIEF EDITOR
CHIEF EDITOR
Balkizov Zalim Zamirovich
Secretary General of the Russian Society of Medical Education Specialists, Director of the Institute of Training of Medical Education Specialists of the Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education, 125993, Moscow, Russian Federation, Professor of the Department of Vocational Education and Educational Technologies of the N.I. Pirogov RNIMU of the MOH of Russia, CEO of GEOTAR-Med, Advisor President of the National Medical Chamber, Moscow, Russian Federation

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