Elective course “Medicine in Literature” as a means of medical students’ professional ethical culture formation

T.G Mukhina,M.V Zolotova,E.V Ganyushkina,A.I Savenkov

doi:10.1051/shsconf/202111300034

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The article considers the pedagogical conditions that ensure the effectiveness of the formation of professional and ethical culture of students in medical specialties. The medical humanities have an important role to play in the humanization of medical education and practice. The authors believe that humanitarian training of medical students should occupy a sufficient place in their educational process; literature in particular can contribute to the formation of a humane specialist. The role of literature is to develop medical students’ abilities to listen, interpret, and communicate. Besides, literary works stimulate students’ sensitive appreciation of the ethical dimensions of medical practice and their critical thinking skills. These abilities and skills are of significant importance for the patient care quality. The elective course «Medicine in Literature» integrated into the medical education at Lobachevsky University is aimed at fostering necessary in the profession humanistic qualities such as mercy, responsiveness, sympathy, empathy. Conducted questionnaire survey among the medical students at Lobachevsky University proved the necessity of developing of professionally significant humanistic personality qualities through the study of literature.

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In July 2020 the State Duma of the Russian Federation approved and adopted amendments to the Federal Law «On Education in the Russian Federation», one of which is on determining the system of organizing the upbringing process of students
The upbringing process is defined as «activities aimed at the personality development creating conditions for self-determination and socialization of students on the basis of socio-cultural, ethical and moral values and rules, and norms of behavior adopted in Russian society in the interests of the person, family, society and the state ...»
It should be noted that the development of a professional and ethical culture among future doctors, as one of the priority tasks of higher professional medical education, requires appropriate work to update and search for theoretical and methodological ways and means of organizing ethical upbringing in the educational environment of a classical university

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In July 2020 the State Duma of the Russian Federation approved and adopted amendments to the Federal Law «On Education in the Russian Federation», one of which is on determining the system of organizing the upbringing process of students. The upbringing process is defined as «activities aimed at the personality development creating conditions for self-determination and socialization of students on the basis of socio-cultural, ethical and moral values and rules, and norms of behavior adopted in Russian society in the interests of the person, family, society and the state ...». The doctor needs to have emotional stability and the ability to understand other people, show empathy, benevolence, observation, optimism, responsibility, unselfishness. These personal qualities, significant in the medical profession, affect the quality of the clinical work performed. The problem of providing necessary pedagogical conditions for upbringing a professional and competent doctor is a key one of this study

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