СТАН ДОСЛІДЖЕНОСТІ ПРОБЛЕМ ФОРМУВАННЯ ПОЛІКУЛЬТУРНОЇ КОМПЕТЕНТНОСТІ ІНОЗЕМНИХ СТУДЕНТІВ-МЕДИКІВ У ПРОЦЕСІ ВИВЧЕННЯ ГУМАНІТАРНИХ ДИСЦИПЛІН

Abstract

In the article the main scientific thoughts concerning the problems of forming multicultural competence of the foreign medical students in the process of learning humanitarian disciplines were systematized. The relevance of the article is attributable to the presence of contradictions between the necessities of forming multicultural competence among foreigners who study on the medical educational institutions of Ukraine, and absence of systematized scientific and methodological basis concerning the issue of forming multicultural competency among foreign medical students, since during recent decades in the whole amount of scientific and pedagogical works a small quantity of researches dedicated to the mentioned problem, as well as the whole problem of education of foreign citizens in Ukraine, had been performed; and at the same time there is a great increase in the number of foreign students studying in Ukrainian institutions of higher medical education. The aim of the article is to perform an analytical review of the field of research and studies concerning the problems of forming multicultural competency among foreign medical students in the process of learning humanitarian disciplines. In the paper the fields of research and studies concerning the problems of forming multicultural competence in the process of learning humanitarian disciplines, the problems of forming multicultural competence among the students of establishments of higher education of different grades and accreditation levels, the problems of forming multicultural competence among foreign students, especially among the students of Ukrainian institutions of higher medical education were analyzed. Attention was paid to the researches of aspects of forming multicultural competence in educational institutions of different forms and levels of accreditation, forming multicultural competence in professional education of different specializations, forming multicultural competence and/or its components among foreign students, especially foreign medical students. Key words: multicultural competence, foreign medical students, humanitarian disciplines.