Formation of professional competence in medical students in distance education conditions
Authors: Levandovska Kh. 
Published: March 2023

Relevance. Improving the quality of medical training of future doctors takes place on the basis of the introduction of innovative forms of education, namely, a competency-based approach to the educational process, which ensures the formation of students' competencies and competency levels of graduates of higher medical educational institutions. Today, the main task of higher medical education is the implementation of a competence approach in the professional training of future specialists, which consists not only in the formation of professional knowledge and skills, but also in the training of a modern, motivated, competent doctor who is deeply aware of his crucial role in society. The main components of professional competence are the ability to obtain and use knowledge with the help of clinical thinking, the combination of theoretical knowledge with the possibility of their application in everyday practice. Distance learning provided an opportunity to learn new learning opportunities, communicate and study at a distance. This sets requirements for the organization of the educational process of students, which ensures the formation of professional competencies of students, especially taking into account the student-centered direction of study.The goal of the work. To analyze the formation of professional competence among medical students based on the teaching of the elective subject "Current issues of cardiology" in the conditions of distance learning.Materials and methods. In the process of study this selective discipline, such teaching methods as explanatory-illustrative (informational-receptive), which is aimed at conveying information in various ways, especially with the use of modern technological teaching aids; reproductive, the essence of which consists in the master's reproduction of acquired knowledge in a specific methodical sequence according to etiopathogenetic ideas; problem statement - simulation of clinical history and finding its solution from the focus of knowledge of the main disciplines and pathologies of the cardiovascular system; heuristic method – an approach to learning, in which some parts of the clinical situation are determined in advance, and masters complete, objectify and solve the raised problematic questions; exploratory - the implementation of tasks that require a creative approach and increased systematic study are used.The results. In the conditions of distance learning, due to the inability of the student to study in the clinic and acquire practical skills at the bedside and in the training centers of the department, such teaching methods as the case method and simulation training made it possible to develop clinical thinking, vision of the problem and its solution using the acquired theoretical and practical knowledge .Conclusions. Improving the system of professional training of new generation medical specialists requires improvement of professional competence, a high level of professional skills, which will certainly lead to relentless adaptation to the medical environment in the future. The development of professional competence is a phenomenon characterized by many factors that affect the further development of a person as a professional, and the value sphere is the basis of a person's professional competence.