Medical Education and Professional Development

The improvement of digital pedagogy is important for the progressive development of educational activities in medical universities and academies. The main factor in this development is the provision of educational programs and disciplines with a sufficient number of high-quality multimedia and electronic manuals, especially in the most difficult sections. One of such sections of the discipline “Propaedeutics of internal diseases” is auscultation, or listening, of the lungs. This section contains an extensive information base, which makes it difficult to assimilate the material with a conservative approach to the educational process. Students also need to be able to independently perform lung auscultation in patients with various lung diseases, which is not always possible in real educational practice. Both theoretical and practical aspects of this method of examination of the patient can be implemented in appropriate electronic and multimedia manuals, simulators and simulators. One of these manuals has already been introduced into the educational process, which has significantly increased the effectiveness of the educational process and the ability of students to master practical skills.

Conclusion. The manual “Lung Auscultation” developed at SamSMU can increase the efficiency of assimilation of the material, which will improve the formation of competencies among students in terms of mastering the most important component of a physical examination of a patient – auscultation and aimed at a full-fledged examination of the patient, conducting diagnostic search, interpreting the data obtained, making the correct diagnosis and prescribing optimal treatment.

The experience of creating a language research group of students of the Rostov State Medical University on the basis of the youth scientific circle of the Department of Foreign Languages with a Latin language course is examined in this paper.

The aim is to analyze the experience of creating and the results of the work of a language research group of students (I–VI courses, residency and postgraduate studies) in order to increase the publication activity of the university.

Material and methods. An observation method that includes monitoring the dynamics of changes in the publication activity of group members for subsequent analysis of the material, as well as testing, polling, questionnaires and interviews is used in the research. The main methods of forming a language scientific group are shown, and an example of a selection test is given.

Results. The experience of creation, work and results of the language research group on the basis of the youth scientific circle of the Department of “Foreign Languages with a Latin language course”. The formation of a language research group will allow in the long term to increase the number and level of publication activity of the university.

Conclusion. The algorithm of selection to the language research group and the advantages of its productive work with an increase in the publication activity of the university are formulated.

Surgical disciplines are an important block of training for students in the specialty of General Medicine, and recently higher demands have been placed on graduates, which is due to the rapidly changing working conditions of a medical specialist. Against this background, interest in the disciplines taught begins to grow, students appear who want to study surgery in depth and know the level of their own training. One of the options for midterm control of knowledge is the olympiad, which, on the one hand, is a platform for competition in skills, a tool for self-assessment of acquired knowledge, as well as midterm control of theoretical knowledge and practical skills by a teacher, on the other hand, it is an event that creates a competitive environment for solving professional problems, tasks.

The aim – study the results of the olympiad in surgical disciplines among specialty students in General Medicine.

Material and methods. The intra-university olympiad “II Winter Quest in Surgery and Emergency Conditions” was organized and held among students of 3–5 years of specialty in the specialty 05.31.01 General Medicine, for which 6 teams of 4 people of 3–5 years were formed, of which 2 teams were formed of foreign students of 4–5 years studying in English. The event includes the following competition tasks: “Surgical instruments”; “Desmurgy”; “Preparation of the surgical field, dressing of the postoperative wound”; “Surgical sutures”; “Basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation”; “FAST protocol in emergency surgery”; “Standardized patient”; MedBox quiz. For each task, evaluation criteria were developed, according to which the jury members worked. The aim of the olympiad is to develop interest in practical activities in the field of surgical disciplines, create conditions to support gifted students, as well as popularize scientific knowledge and innovative technologies in the field of surgical practice. Objectives of the olympiad: midterm control of knowledge and practical skills; increasing the level of acquisition of knowledge and practical skills in the field of surgery.

Results. Participants demonstrated different levels of preparation in the “Practical skills” block. Most teams successfully completed the competition tasks of this block, but identifying surgical instruments was difficult for many. Almost all students demonstrated a decent level of knowledge of asepsis and antiseptics, and were able to bandage various wounds and apply bandages. Proficiency in surgical suture techniques is at different levels: 2 teams showed a high technical level, 3 – average and 1 – low. In the “Clinical Thinking” block, which included the competitions “Basic Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation”, “FAST-Protocol in Emergency Surgery”, “Standardized Patient”, the participants showed a high level of preparation, the scores in each competition differed little between teams, which created conditions for high competition. In the block “Theoretical preparation” – quiz “MedBox”, different levels of knowledge were revealed between the teams, 2 teams showed a high level, scoring 40–49 points in the overall standings, 2 – average, 35 points and 2 – low, 19–25 points. As a result, team No. 3 won the overall standings with a total of 121.8 points, team No. 2 was in second place with a total of 119 points, and team No. 4 was in third place with 104.4 points.

Conclusion. The Surgery olympiad is an additional educational event aimed at improving the training of students and increasing motivation to study not only surgical, but also fundamental, related disciplines. The element of competition present at the event creates positive competition aimed at achieving the set educational goals and objectives.

The article presents the analysis and results of teaching the discipline “Healthy Lifestyle” to 1^st year students of the Higher School of Medicine of the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University in the specialty “General Medicine”, taking into account their independent work and the application of the method of group discussion and the basics of project activities. As a result of such training, students received the skills of analytical, project, sanitary and preventive activities, the ability to communicate, work in a team, defend their point of view, think critically, as well as correctly relate to their health and lifestyle. Taking into account the application of the modern paradigm of the competency-oriented direction the article analyzes the possibilities of the course “Healthy Lifestyle”.

The implementation of the project “Creation and trial of an experimental base for the development of academic mobility for students, teachers involved in scientific work, and scholars in the form of an internship” at the Privolzhsky Research Medical University, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, has shown a high demand for this form of academic mobility. Over nine months, 69 students and teachers underwent internships in third-party educational and scientific organizations (18 partnered organizations); 395 people from 21 universities took part in incoming mobility. The implementation of the organizational model of academic mobility for students, teachers involved in scientific work, and scholars in the form of an internship disclosed a number of problems: lack of internship programs; bureaucratic barriers between universities; lack of a platform for informing the academic community.

In this article, the authors analyze the experience of teaching the discipline “Innovative Technologies in Medicine” to 2^nd year students of the Institute of Clinical Medicine and 5^th year students of the Institute of Dentistry of Samara State Medical University. The authors build their analysis on the basis of a sociological survey among students based on the results of the course.

The results of the analysis make it possible to determine some advantages and disadvantages of the organization of the educational process, the quality of educational material, and also to identify directions for improving the process of teaching innovative technologies in medicine for future doctors and dentists.

The paper analyzes the experience of teaching microbiological disciplines at a medical university to international students studying in an intermediary language. The educational, adaptation and communication difficulties of this group of students are revealed. The results of using modifications of educational material in the educational process and expanding methods of conveying information using adapted collections of tests, situational tasks, and recommendations for independent practical activities are presented. The effectiveness of the measures taken has been proven.