Future Medical Workers Research Articles

Analysis of the impact of pre-professional education on the health of medical students

BACKGROUND: Education in a higher educational institution is critical for students due to the vulnerability of the young body and the exposure of young men and women to the impact of adverse factors that contribute to health disorders. The solution to the problem of the observed deterioration of the health of students of medical higher educational institutions is currently very acute, since this problem is directly related to the health of future health workers and determines the future of the country. AIM: To assess the health status of students of the Institute of Clinical Medicine named after N.V. Sklifosovsky of Sechenov University on the example of graduates of the Resource Center «Medical Sechenov Pre-University» of the Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University) in a comparative aspect with graduates of other educational institutions. METHODS: A single-stage selective comparative study of the morbidity rate of students of the N.V. Sklifosovsky Institute of Clinical Medicine of Sechenov University was carried out. The data of the registration form «No 025/у» 1–6-year students for the period from 2018 to 2024 (n=2229, including 414 graduates of the Pre-University) were used. Data analysis was performed using Pearson's χ2 test with Yates correction. The significance level was set as p 0.05. Numerical data are presented with absolute and relative values. RESULTS: It was shown that the number of students assigned to the first and second health groups among Pre-University graduates was higher overall, and the number of those assigned to the third health group was lower compared to their peers who were not Pre-University graduates (p 0.01). An increase in the overall morbidity of students by the sixth year was noted, but to a lesser extent among Pre-University graduates (p 0.001). All students have more frequent eye and apparatus diseases. The second and third places were occupied by diseases of the nervous system and diseases of the respiratory organs. Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue were less common. CONCLUSION: The lower morbidity rate among the graduates of the Pre-University is presumably due to the promotion of a healthy lifestyle and rejection of harmful habits during the pre-professional education phase. The data obtained show the need to strengthen work on the identification and prevention of factors of educational environment, reducing the effectiveness of medical and educational measures for the formation of health status of students at the stage of pre-specific education.

Результаты целевого трудоустройства медицинских работников в городах и сельской местности.

Targeted training of future medical workers and their guaranteed employment is one of the state measures to address the issue of the shortage of specialists. The key mission of targeted training is the balanced regulation by the organization of training and employment. Currently, there are not enough scientific studies on the results and effectiveness of this measure in the health care system, but many researchers emphasize the problems of targeted employment of medical workers. According to the studies of a number of authors, the imperfection of normative legal regulation of issues of targeted training allows graduates not to fulfill the obligations of employment in medical organizations upon graduation [3–9]. The purpose of the study. Conduct an analysis of indicators reflecting the specifics of targeted employment of health workers in organizations located in urban and rural areas in 2022 and 2023. Materials and methods. The study used statistical data for 85 constituent entities of the Russian Federation on the basis of an operative documented request to the health protection authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, containing information on the number of employed doctors and nursing staff within the framework of targeted training, as well as the planned values of targeted employment in accordance with the concluded contracts. The study period is 2022 and 2023. The total data on targeted employment of medical workers after completion of the specialty program and completion of residency in the context of the names of positions of doctors and nursing staff were analyzed. Analytical and descriptive statistics methods were used in the research process. Results. The share of doctors and nursing staff employed after completion of targeted training from the total number of medical workers in organizations located in rural areas is higher than the share of those recruited to work in urban medical organizations. On average, 1.3% of doctors and 0.21% of nursing staff are annually recruited to urban medical organizations as part of targeted employment out of the total number of the respective key medical personnel as of the end of the reporting year. In rural areas, these figures are 2.6% and 0.30%, respectively. Specialists are predominantly employed in urban medical organizations, while in rural areas – district doctors. The study revealed that in 2023 there were 128.1 target recruitments per 10,000 doctors in urban areas in a given year, and in 2022–124.8, i. e. the intensity of employment by target recruitment in urban areas increased by 2.6% in two years. In rural areas, there were 260.2 target recruitment admissions per 10,000 physicians in 2023 and 262.8 in 2022, that is, the intensity of target recruitment employment of physicians in rural areas decreased by 1% in two years. When analyzing the indicator comparatively, it is noted that in rural areas it is almost twice as high as in urban areas. Conclusions. Targeted employment of medical workers is an effective and efficient measure to attract medical personnel to organizations experiencing a shortage of them. The analysis has shown that the intensity rate of targeted employment per 10,000 physicians in urban areas of the country is lower than in rural areas, which amounted to 128.1 and 260.2, respectively. According to the results of the last two years, 60% of the doctors planned for targeted employment fulfilled their obligations, including 50% in rural areas. The main reason for the current level of employment is the failure to meet the planned indicators of targeted admission to training due to the violation of obligations by students and graduates, which requires the development of a special methodology for assessing the reasonable formation of the plan for targeted recruitment to educational organizations in the context of each medical organization. When comparing the number of vacant positions of doctors and the number of employed graduates within the framework of targeted recruitment, a significant range of the indicator among the subjects of the Russian Federation was revealed, which is presented in the interval from 1 to 29% (9.0±15.95). In this regard, it can be assumed that the number of persons employed under targeted recruitment does not depend on the additional demand for doctors and does not cover the existing deficit.

APPLICATION OF STEM-TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF SPECIALISTS IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN HEALTH

The article examines the current aspects of the use of STEM technologies in the professional training of specialists in the field of human health. Focusing on scientific and technical disciplines such as materials science, engineering, computer science and mathematics, the article highlights the benefits and challenges of applying STEM approaches in the educational process. The impact of the specified technologies on the development of key competencies and increasing the efficiency of professional training of future specialists in the field of health care was studied. The article also considers the possibilities of integrating STEM education into training programs, thereby contributing to the creation of better conditions for the successful implementation of these technologies in the field of training specialists in education and human health.
 The purpose of the article is to analyze scientific approaches to defining and studying the features of STEM education; the study of existing educational practices related to the development and implementation of STEM subjects and the determination of ways of their respective implementation in the educational process for the purpose of health protection.
 Methodology. The methodological basis of the research is a systematic and person-oriented approach to the analysis of psychological-pedagogical literature and pedagogical experience on issues of social-pedagogical activity. The work uses a multi- level systematic analysis of scientific sources, which is based on philosophical, general scientific and partly scientific and specific scientific levels of knowledge.
 Scientific novelty. The scientific novelty of this article lies in the in-depth study and analysis of the impact of STEM technologies on the professional training of specialists in the field of human health. The work highlights the latest approaches to the use of scientific and technical knowledge and skills for health maintenance, revealing in detail their role in the development and improvement of the quality of education in this field. In addition, the article offers innovative strategies and methods of introducing STEM approaches into educational programs to optimize the process of professional training, which contributes to the continuous improvement of educational practices in the field of human health.
 Conclusions. Studies of the use of STEM technologies in the professional training of health professionals indicate the significant potential of these innovations in the field of improving the quality of education and improving the practical skills of future medical workers. The use of STEM approaches allows not only to effectively combine scientific knowledge and technical skills, but also stimulates critical thinking, creative approach and the ability to solve complex problems in the medical field. The results of the analysis indicate the need to integrate STEM education into pedagogical programs to provide students with a wider range of competencies, taking into account the development of technologies in the modern world. At the same time, it is important to take into account the specifics of human health education and provide adapted STEM strategies to ensure their optimal effectiveness in the context of human health. In general, the use of STEM technologies in the training of specialists in the field of human health is a promising direction that can contribute to raising the quality of health education and training qualified personnel for the challenges of the modern public health system.

Методологические перспективы оценки эмпатической коммуникативной компетенции будущего медицинского работника

In this article, the authors identify the formation of empathic communicative competence of a medical worker as a key factor in the successful interaction of a medical worker with a patient. Empathic communicative competence promotes patient compliance with recommendations, improves the patient’s psychological state, promotes an adequate formation of the internal picture of the disease during treatment, as well as increasing the level of satisfaction with the quality of medical services. Therefore, there is a need to assess the level of empathic communicative competence and the possibility of its formation in future medical workers. This article highlights the methodological aspects of the initial diagnosis of empathic communicative competence and the identification of criteria for assessing the level of this competence among students of medical secondary specialized institutions. In this article, we discuss the results of the observation only according to the applied observation method and the corresponding tool - the observation map.

Personalized Medicine: the Organizational and Legal Framework of the Medicine of the Future

This article explores the notion and origin of personalized medicine, as well as its origin, and organizational and legal status in the Russian Federation. Analysis of the legislation in the field of personalized medicine shows that although the right to personalized treatment conforms to the constitutional right to health care, the legal regulation of personalized medicine in the Russian Federation remains fragmented. It is governed only by regulatory acts of secondary legislation, strategic planning acts, and individual clinical guidelines and standards. The author shows here that the legal foundations of personalized medicine in the Russian Federation need to be improved. Firstly, the status of personalized medicine needs to be established; changes need to be made to the current regulatory legal acts regarding the procedure for providing medical care. This would allow doctors to apply the achievements of personalized medicine in clinical practice. Secondly, the author considers that the existing three-level system of healthcare in the Russian Federation, based on the idea of standardization, does not correlate with the ideas of personalized medicine. Another crucial factor is the readjustment of the healthcare system. This would require the development of scientifically grounded proposals on the implementation of precision medicine and to promote public education on genetic counseling. The article highlights advances on the application of the achievements of personalized medicine in the establishment of world-class research centers. The author concludes that the organization of personalized medicine in the Russian Federation requires the adoption of specific measures aimed at the implementation of scientific foundations of personalized medicine into the training of future medical workers, aimed at treating and preventing diseases. These measures also include consoliding the legal status of personalized medicine, the use of achievement of personalized medicine and its methods in clinical practice, as well as the establishment of specialized scientific organizations and the improvement of educational programs.

Simulation Training in the Education of Nurses

The modern development of the healthcare system today makes high demands on the level of training of future specialists with a secondary medical education. The use of simulation training in the process of education of future medical workers, as well as professional retraining and advanced training of medical workers, makes it possible to prepare highly qualified, competent personnel who have successfully passed accreditation and carry out their professional activities in medical organizations.

Педагогические условия формирования коммуникативной культуры студентов медицинского вуза в контексте цифровой трансформации

The aim of the study is to substantiate the need for communicative culture formation and development among medical students taking into account current trends in the digital transformation of education and medicine. The paper provides a general description of the current state of the digital transformation of medical education; shows the importance of the communicative culture of medical university students for future effective professional activities; presents the essence and components of the communicative culture of medical university students; determines the pedagogical conditions for communicative culture formation and development among medical students. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the fact that it sheds light on the pedagogical conditions that contribute to communicative culture formation among future medical workers based on the theoretical analysis of the problem. As a result, it has been shown that the purposeful implementation of a set of pedagogical conditions reflecting the key aspects of the digital transformation of the educational environment and society as a whole is necessary for the effective formation of the communicative culture of medical university students.

Formation of communicative competency of foreign students in a multicultural environment of higher education

The article reveals a number of issues related to identifying the role of education in ensuring the level of communicative competency and determining the conditions that ensure this process. It is shown that in the system of higher education, when solving the problem, the formation and development of the level required in modern conditions is carried out. So in the article, the authors, when highlighting the tasks of higher education, one should determine the importance of education in ensuring the level of social and intercultural competency, calling upbringing of a widely erudite, cultural, active personality capable of effective communication in the world space among the tasks of higher education. The article highlights the problem of the formation of professional communicative competency of medical students. The analysis of the role of education in the modern world of the meaning of the concepts of “competencyˮ and “communicative competencyˮ in the interpretation of modern and foreign scientists is carried out. The article focuses on the need to create conditions for the formation and development of students' communicative competence through educational programmes of the humanitarian block, which include the discipline “Communication technologies in professional activityˮ, implemented in the training of foreign students – future medical workers. The authors focus on communicative competence as one of the leading among other competences and necessary for solving communicative tasks in professionally oriented and educational and cognitive activities. The allocation of this competency and the formation of communicative competence provides students with the opportunity to acquire professional knowledge, the necessary experience for constructive interaction in a multicultural environment.

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

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.

The issue of patriotism is still relevant

The article highlights the issues of patriotic education of medical college students. Development of the volunteer movement. Volunteer activity is a condition for the formation of components of students' resilience, as it gives them the opportunity to fulfill themselves, gain life experience, show humane qualities and feel satisfaction from socially useful activities. In the process of volunteering, students — future doctors — have an organic combination of mercy and professional skills, which allows them to effectively engage in volunteering. Participation in volunteering forms students' readiness for independent decision-making, develops susceptibility to the problems of society. Target. Creation of conditions for the education of patriotic feelings of students by updating the forms, methods and techniques of pedagogical influence, the development of the student's personal culture, as the basis of his love for the Fatherland through participation in volunteer activities. Results. The volunteer squad, organized at the college level, has been developed to the level of regional participation. Conclusion. Thus, the ongoing work showed the need to organize and involve future medical workers in volunteer activities in order to solve the following tasks: unlocking the potential of volunteering for the professional development of a future employee; increasing the level of social activity of students in the process of practical solution of the needs of the population; formation of readiness for the implementation of volunteer activities.

Political lessons of the medical aspects of the Holocaust through the prism of the evolution of german medicine

The study of the rejection of the moral principles of medical workers and scientists, their societies and academic institutions in favor of a murderous ideology raises fundamental concerns and global implications for the education and practice of current and future medical workers. The worst-case scenario in medicine raises deeply disturbing but important questions here and now: could the Holocaust, one of the greatest evils ever committed against humanity, happen without the complicity of doctors, their societies and the scientific professional community? How did healers become murderers? Could it happen again? The political component of the perception and translation of the lessons and consequences of the Holocaust reflects the clash of universal values, concepts, ideological collisions, including the relations of power and society, the individual and the state, political institutions and everyday practices of individual citizens, political elites and party groups. The source database includes a wide range of historical evidence, including memoirs of witnesses of the Holocaust era, reviews of psychiatrists who were experts at the Nuremberg trials, as well as data from surveys of contemporaries about the political lessons of the Holocaust. The methodological base included the whole complex of historical, social and political approaches, taking into account the methods of the history of everyday life, law, and political issues. The terminology on the problems of the Holocaust was clarified through the prism of medical experiments during the Second World War of 1939-1945. A critical understanding of the historiographical and source-based traditions of the study of the topic "The Holocaust and medicine" in both domestic and foreign scientific communities has been carried out. Obvious deformations of the interpretation of the Holocaust have been revealed in a number of works by American researchers. The assessments of the outstanding psychiatrist Yevgeny Konstantinovich Krasnushkin, who represented the expert community at the Nuremberg trial of Nazi war criminals in 1945, were introduced into scientific circulation. The involvement of memoirs of Holocaust survivors and witnesses of Nazi crimes makes it possible to reconstruct and retransmit amazing pages of survival in the era of Nazism and totalitarianism. The use of private historical methods details the reliable and valuable evidence of atrocities and bullying of concentration camp prisoners under the fascist regime reflected in memoirs, preserved records of contemporaries. The modern medical community, including students, residents of medical universities, are very attentive and sensitive to the consequences of this practice of Nazi Germany, but only if they get acquainted with the medical aspects of the Holocaust during their studies. It is concluded that the Nazi racial laws were mastered, and quite successfully justified not only by the luminaries of German medicine, but often by ordinary representatives of the medical community, which often turned doctors into accomplices in criminal activities during the reign of Hitler. It is proved that memorializing the historical memory of the Holocaust tragedy, including through the prism of medical experiments on people, can hinder the development of neo-Nazi views, nationalism and extremism, antiSemitism and xenophobia in modern society. The political aspects of studying the problem of the Holocaust in modern Russia are convincingly detailed, which reflects the urgent sociopsychological, everyday, ethno-confessional needs of the development of the population of the Russian Federation, including civil society and public initiatives for the formation of tolerance, respect for human rights and ethnic integrity, and identity.

Training professional skills using the Latin language (the case of medical specialties)

The relevance of the research is due to the fact that the study of the Latin language in a medical university has a purely professional orientation. The main goal of mastering this discipline is to train competent specialists to be proficient in professional terminology. Within the framework of this research, an attempt has been made to demonstrate the possibilities of the Latin language in teaching professional skills of future doctors and pharmacists. The article discusses three subsystems of medical terminology: anatomical-histological, clinical and pharmaceutical ones. As for the anatomical and histological section, typical mistakes and difficulties faced by students have been analyzed, and examples of tasks used by the author to solve these problems given. In the clinical section, the emphasis is made on the tasks that allow you to create an atmosphere of professional activity in the classroom and bring it closer to practical activity. The development of the pharmaceutical section is aimed at forming the terminological competence of future medical workers in the field of pharmaceutical terminology and general formulation. The author gives a brief overview of the material studied at this stage, and gives examples of practical tasks for its better assimilation. All the materials and exercises described in the article are used by the author in the process of teaching Latin in a medical university. Empirical methods, methods of comparison and analysis have been used in the research.As a result, it has been shown that successful teaching professional skills at a medical university is largely possible due to the study of the Latin language.

К ПРОБЛЕМЕ РАЗВИТИЯ МОТИВАЦИОННОЙ СФЕРЫ БУДУЩЕГО МЕДИКА ПРИ ОБУЧЕНИИ РУССКОМУ ЯЗЫКУ КАК ИНОСТРАННОМУ / TO THE PROBLEM OF DEVELOPING THE MOTIVATIONAL SPHERE OF A FUTURE PHYSICIAN WHEN TEACHING RUSSIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

The article deals with problems of development of the motivational sphere in teaching Russian as a foreign language in a medical university. The types of motivation in learning are considered. The results of a survey on the topic “Why does a physician need to know Russian?”, conducted among students of the Yerevan State Medical University after M. Heratsi are presented, analyzed and summarized. Some directions, ways and methods of strengthening motivation in teaching RFL to future medical workers are proposed.

UNITY OF STUDYING UKRAINIAN AND LATIN LANGUAGES AS A BASIC COMPONENT FOR SUCCESSFUL LANGUAGE PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE FORMATION OF MEDICAL WORKERS

The article is devoted to problematic issues of language training of future doctors and identifying the ways to overcome them. The purpose of the article is to analyze the effectiveness of traditional pedagogical technologies of professional language training of future medical workers, and to review main problems of language perception, typical difficulties and directions for changing teaching methodology in order to improve learning outcomes and to ensure their high quality. During the research the following tasks were solved: teaching methods were described, the analysis of the newest pedagogical technologies was made, and recommendations on improving teaching methods for language disciplines in higher medical educational institution (HMEI) were given. The author has analyzed functions and features of teaching methodology for Latin and Ukrainian languages as disciplines of the social-humanitarian cycle of HMEI that provide the language competence formation of future professionals. The changes occurring in the public life of Ukraine determine the search for new approaches and requirements for the training of highly qualified specialists. The main task of medical educational institutions is to create conditions for the development of the student’s personality, his professional speech, as one of the main components of professional competencies of the future medical worker. The material of the article will provide an opportunity to improve the methodology and practice in teaching these courses. Latin language has a special function in medical sphere; its knowledge provides communication for specialists not only within the country but also internationally. It is concluded that, despite the loss of its basic communicative function, Latin still has a significant historical, cultural and educational significance. The role of Latin, Ukrainian and foreign (English) languages deserves to be studied in further research not only being a factor in the formation of a specialist, but also for an educated and multicultural personality.

Theoretical Aspects of the Development of an Ethical Culture of Future Medical Workers in the Process of Teaching Professional Medical Disciplines

The relevance of the study is conditioned by the fact that, considering problems in the educational process of training students in institutions of higher medical education, researchers highlight ethical aspects, and the rules of morality of future medics. This indicates a significant role of ethical issues in the future profession of a doctor. However, the question of how the ethical culture of future doctors is formed in the process of mastering professional disciplines has not yet been described. And, since this competence is indicated in the curriculum, the issue requires separate scientific consideration. The purpose of the study is to analyse how the ethical culture of applicants for medical specialities is formed, and find effective ways to develop it. The analysis of recent papers on this issue is carried out, in particular, positions on the importance of ethical culture in the process of professional training of future nurses and doctors in various fields are considered. It is noted that there is no clear interpretation of ethical culture in the literature, but this concept is associated with rules of behaviour, ethical norms, and morality. Notably, it is difficult to monitor the mastery of ethical norms while working out professional disciplines, especially in the context of distance learning. Information technologies effectively ensure this process, namely: the use of the Moodle platform guarantees transparency and reduces the additional discomfort associated with Internet communication. To achieve these goals, the following methods were used: comparison, analysis, concretisation, generalisation of scientific literature; pedagogical observation and questionnaires; conversation, abstraction, business game, practical classes in healthcare institutions. As a result, it is noted that the development of an ethical culture for future medical professionals is an important element in the educational process, and regardless of the educational component, teachers must necessarily focus the attention of applicants for education on issues of ethical culture. The introduction of situational tasks in professional disciplines contributes to the development of ethical competence.

Modern educational digital competence of future doctors of Poland as a European state

The article examines and analyzes the acquisition of digital competence by students studying in medical education institutions in Poland. In order to fulfill the set goal, the analysis and synthesis of search results in information and reference systems was carried out in order to determine the concepts of research, methods of expert evaluation, testing, questionnaires, observation, modeling, forecasting. The process of implementing information processes in the field of health care in Poland is considered against the background of the use of digital technologies in the countries of the European Union in order to ensure the quality of education and accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, which were presented by the United Nations and aimed at achieving a digital future for all. In cooperation with the European Commission in promoting digitalization in education, the Polish government is focused on promoting the development of a highly effective digital education ecosystem and improving digital skills and opportunities for digital transformation to ensure bridging the digital divide in education and strengthening competences. A noticeable change in the development of digital competences of students of medical education institutions in Poland is a greater emphasis on the practical use of both these competences and resources available on the Internet. The development of recommendations of Polish institutions of medical education, specifying the various branches of digital health, terminology, learning objectives, optimal approach to training, duration, evaluation method and structure, was considered. The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the importance of digital health in society. Doctors must be properly prepared to work in a new environment, where a greater share of medical care is provided by digital methods, which involves the use of digital technologies, and determines the priority need for future medical workers to acquire the relevant competencies necessary to work with remote consultation models, eHealth systems, processing of medical data.

Formation of professional skills of future physicians in the process of professional training

In the article are grounded and experimentally tested organizational-pedagogical conditions of the formation process of professionalism of future medics. The aim is to show the ways of educational environment modernization by adapting them to modern requirements for professional activity. The methods included an exeperiment –the updating of preparation of the future medical workers by the introduction of innovative educational technologies and interactive methods of training. The results showed an improvement of pedagogical skill of teachers of medical institutions using scientific and methodical work; activation of formation of practical abilities and skills of medical workers through simulation modeling in quasi-professional activity.

ДОМІНУЮЧІ КОПІНГ-СТРАТЕГІЇ У СТУДЕНТІВ МЕДИЧНОГО КОЛЕДЖУ

The article presents the results of the ascertaining stage of the study of coping behaviour in students of medical college. The author carried out a theoretical analysis of generic concepts of sanogenic coping, such as sanogenic reflection, sanogenic thinking, coping strategies and coping behaviour. It has been investigated that the most frequent events that cause stress in medical college students are: the death of a close family member, changes in the financial situation, intersex relationships, starting college (for male respondents) and illnesses, changes in social activity, change of a place of residence, conflicts in a collective (dormitory), death of a family member or friend, change of a place of residence and study (for female respondents). The level of stress resistance was experimentally studied and coping strategies were chosen by students to overcome the current stressors. It has been found out that the threshold level of resistance to stress prevails in most students. Thus, students are forced to make a lot of effort and spend their own internal resources to fight against negative mental states that appear in the process of coping with stress. It was identified that there is a significant share of medical college students with low stress resistance – 25% of male respondents and 22% of female respondents, and quite a few individuals showed a high level of stress resistance – only 12% of male respondents and 12% of female respondents. It was found that problem-oriented coping and the search for social support are dominant among medical college students’ coping strategies; other types of strategies such as emotion-oriented coping, avoidance, and distraction are used somewhat less often by young people. It is emphasized that adaptive coping strategies contribute to effective coping with stressful situations. Based on the research, it was found that in most cases, the coping strategies chosen by the students led to an even greater increase in stress. Consequently, the problem of formation and development of productive copingstrategies among students of future medical workers remains relevant. The prospect of further research is the development of practical recommendations for effective coping with stressful and crisis situations in the activities of future medics.

Modern changes in the model of professional and pedagogical training of medicines in the context of European integration processes

Modern conditions of social development cause rethinking of the essence and goals of education, as a result of which the views on the professional activity of a specialist in the medical sphere and requirements to his personal qualities change. modernization of pedagogical conditions of future medical workers' professionalism formation is a requirement of modernity providing formation of competence and outlook professional characteristics of a future specialist, abilities to implement and improve his activity n Modernization of pedagogical conditions of future medical workers' professionalism formation consists in creating pedagogically comfortable, professionally-oriented educational environment; introduction of innovative educational technologies and interactive teaching methods; students' awareness of the role of professional competence in their activity, which is the result of the combined influence of needs and goals, motives and incentives, cognitive interests. An important stage of modernization of pedagogical conditions of future medics' formation is the creation of a pedagogically comfortable environment, including benevolent atmosphere, the situation of success, improvisation, which should become a trigger mechanism in a complex process of activation of future specialists' professional capabilities. The comfortable environment, each subject changes himself, changes the situation around himself, fills the educational environment with new knowledge, experience, ways of activity, forms new needs.

Effects of Health Belief, Knowledge, and Attitude toward COVID-19 on Prevention Behavior in Health College Students.

This study aimed to identify the factors affecting the practice of COVID-19 prevention behaviors among college students as future medical workers. A cross-sectional online survey was conducted in September 2021. A total of 526 health college students were included in this study. A hierarchical regression analysis was performed to examine the effect on the practice of COVID-19 prevention behavior. As a result of the analysis, experiences of education on infectious diseases had significant positive effects on the practice of prevention behavior (β = 0.22, p < 0.001). Additionally, a higher COVID-19 health belief had a significant positive effect on the practice of prevention behavior (β = 0.15, p = 0.004). Increased smoking and drinking among lifestyle changes after COVID-19 had significant negative effects on the practice of prevention behavior compared with decreased physical activity (β = −0.12, p = 0.007). Based on these findings, the study discussed the importance of education on the prevention of infectious diseases among health college students, promotion of health beliefs related to infectious diseases, and formation of healthy lifestyle habits in daily life.