THE RESULTS OF MONITORING THE PSYCHOLOGICAL READINESS FOR PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES IN MEDICAL STUDENTS

Abstract

The aim was to analyze the psychological readiness of a future physician for professional activity, the attitude of the first-year medical students to their profession, the formation of positive motivation to study and professional activity in general. Materials and methods: In the course of research, the following techniques have been used: bibliosemantic method for the analysis of scientific publications, methodology for study the main motives for choosing a profession, suggested by Ye.M. Pavliutenkov, methodology for study the motives of academic activity, suggested by A.A. Rean and V.A. Yakunin to conduct a survey in the process of learning medical and biological physics by the students of Medical and Dental Faculties at the Ukrainian Medical Stomatological Academy in 2018/2019 academic year, the MS Excel software application. Conclusions: Professional identity of medical students begins at the first course of studies and coincides with the heavy academic load of general scientific, medical and biological disciplines, foreign languages, etc. In the period of professional identification, it is very important to create a positive motivation for learning, to acquire knowledge and skills that will be necessary in future professional activity. Therefore, the use of the state-of-the-art multimedia specialized means, involvement of students into self-research activity, etc., is crucial for its formation. Prospects for further research encompass the study of the issue of readiness for professional activity and motivation of international students at medical higher education institutions and the development of methodological support for teaching humanities at a medical university, taking into account the abovementioned recommendations.