Contribution of professor Oleg N. Trofimov to the concept of physical education development in the pharmaceutical education system

Abstract

The biographical sketch is dedicated to Professor Oleg Nikolaevich Trofimov (1927–2013), PhD in Pedagogic Sciences, who headed the Department of Physical Education at the Leningrad Institute Chemical Pharmaceuticals from 1973 to 1995. The main stages of O. N. Trofimov’s professional activity corresponded to the general context of the development of priority areas of physical education in the system of secondary and higher education. O. N. Trofimov skillfully combined managerial activities with research and educational-methodological work. He made a significant contribution to the development of the health-improving direction of physical education at the university, to the organization and conduct of research aimed at solving the problems of improving health and increasing the physical fitness of students. The scientific activity of O. N. Trofimov was devoted to the theory and methods of physical education, issues of physical development, the development of comprehensive training programs in vocational-applied physical training and additional public specialty within the framework of the Faculty of Public Professions. The results of the research carried out at the department were widely introduced into the educational process of physical education and served as the basis for the development of innovative technologies for constructing the educational process in the discipline “Elective physical culture: recreational physical education”, as well as the program for the development of physical culture and sports, the formation of a healthy lifestyle at the Saint Petersburg Chemical and Pharmaceutical University. O. N. Trofimov was a war veteran, awarded government awards, including the medal “For the Defense of Leningrad”. The essay uses archival data, bibliographic publications, specialized journals and collections of materials from scientific and methodological conferences, materials from the department and the personal archives of O. N. Trofimov.