Interdisciplinary approach to the training of a dental specialist at the Department of Therapeutic Dentistry of Poltava State Medical University

Abstract

Relevance. Integration processes are a sign of the times. The systematic interdisciplinary method of education plays a major role in the training of a doctor. The teachers of the Department of Therapeutic Dentistry pay great attention to the interrelationship of medical disciplines, namely, the integration of knowledge related to the dental organ.The purpose of the research. The purpose of the work is the application of interdisciplinary integration during the educational process at the Department of Therapeutic Dentistry of the Poltava State Medical University. The task of the work is to teach the future dental specialist to use a systematic approach in a career, focusing on the integrity of the integrated qualities of the object and identifying connections with other objects and the environment. Materials and methods. In this work, the integrator is therapeutic dentistry. As a method, a metasubject approach was used in educational activities. The work of teachers of the Department of Therapeutic Dentistry is important for the formation of basic and general competencies in students of the Faculty of Dentistry.Research results and their discussion. A non-standard integrated approach to using knowledge of one field in other interdisciplinary areas in integration with other entities makes it possible to use them more widely to reveal scientific and applied potential more deeply. The presentation of diverse material related to the same research object should form a multifaceted imagination of this object in higher education students. The above examples may be helpful in dental faculty teaching.Conclusion. The competence of a specialist is a complex integrated characteristic of an individual that determines the ability to realize personal potential for successful activity in the professional and social sphere. It confirms the thesis defined at the Department of Therapeutic Dentistry of the Poltava State Medical University that an indicator of professional skill is the particular competencies of future dentists.