LEGAL COMPETENCE AS A NECESSARY COMPONENT OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OF THE FUTURE MEDICAL WORKERS

Abstract

Abstract. The article examines the relevance of the formation of legal competence of future medical workers as a component of professional competence. The analysis of definitions of legal competence and its structural components in modern psychological and pedagogical literature is carried out. A description of the professional competence of future doctors is given and its components are singled out. Results of the research showed that the legal competence of the future medical workers is considered in modern psychological and pedagogical literature as an integrative professional and personal qualitative characteristic of the subject of professional medical activi­ty, which consists in theoretical-legal readiness and practical ability to perform professional medical activities and solve legal issues in the field of health care in accordance with the legislation. There such distinguished components of the legal competence: motivational, cognitive, active, as well as can be distinguished reflexive-evaluative and acmeological components. The article emphasizes the need to introduce into educational process the academic disciplines, which would ensure the acquisition of legal knowledge; legal disciplines taught in the institutions of higher medical education should be professionally oriented and stay in connection with special disciplines. It was determined that тhe application of legal situational tasks in the educational process, which at the same time stimulate integrative thinking of students based on the knowledge of the materials of the disciplines studied earlier is one of the most effective means of formation of the legal competence of the future medical worker, and provide problematic professionally oriented study of legal aspects of professional activity. The author focuses attention on the importance of learning the norms of professional ethics for the development of the legal competence of future specialists in the field of health care. It is noted that the development of legal competence of future medical workers should be based on understanding and awareness of general cultural and professional values ​​as the norm of professional relations; should be ensured by systematic study of legal knowledge and norms, methods of law-abiding behavior and interaction; should be ensured by formation of stable legal beliefs, development of legal activity and responsibility.