The improvement of the system of additional professional training of teaching staff concerning the methods of teaching under the condition of bilingual approach at the medical university

Abstract

Introduction. The relevance of research subject is defined by qualitative changes concerning methodical retraining of teachers at the postgraduate level in the light of requirements of UNESKO, WHO and statements of conception development relating to conditions improvement for attracting students from abroad. The practice of teaching academic disciplines shows the absence of bilingual education programs. Materials and methods. The research was conducted on the basis of Altai State Medical University during one academic year, the time-volume was 252 h, the total number of listeners – 40. The lectures and practical classes were performed in online and distant forms by means of educational virtual platform «Moodle». The main statistic calculation was conducted by means of element analysis of the data obtained. The calculation was performed to assess individual achievements concerning the completeness of task – suggested performance. The results of the study. A high level of quality related to the conduction of tasks using English and Russian languages were presented: 15 instructors – excellent, 15 – good, 10 – satisfactory. Diagnostic values allow to conclude that the implementation of the program and 2 teaching aids results in qualitative improvement of the training results in methods of teaching in relation to the concrete scientific domain as well as to the changing in language and speech skills used for organization and management of learning-teaching process under the circumstances of bilingual approach. Conclusions. The authors came to the conclusion that the program based on the interdisciplinary integration and the training aids (theoretical and practical ones) developed according to the principle of bilinguism allow to improve simultaneously the level of mastering foreign competence under the circumstances related to real situations. The authors proved the effectivity of technique directed to the improvement of «essay» writing by which the skills of problem decision, the choice of adequate graphic aids, the formulation of tasks for students by means of English language, critical analyzing the issues have been developed.