ETHICAL COMPONENT IN DEONTOLOGICAL TRAINING OF FUTURE PHYSICIANS AT UKRAINIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITIES
Authors: Hutor L. 
Published: January 2025

The professionalism of healthcare professionals is characterized by developed competencies involving fundamental medical knowledge, clinical and communication skills, and moral and ethical values. Patient-centered care based on fundamental ethical and moral principles positively influences treatment outcomes, adherence to medical recommendations, and professional satisfaction. Ethics and deontology play a significant role in the professional training of future physicians. Targeted deontological training includes the development of interaction and communication skills, moral and ethical qualities, awareness of legal and regulatory documents, and adherence to rules of professional behavior. The comprehensive process of deontological training aims at developing deontological competence comprising the skills of clinical reasoning, the ability to solve professional dilemmas, skills of understanding, and the proper application of moral and ethical principles in professional settings. 
Some aspects of deontological training in Ukraine have been researched. However, its structure and content of separate components are not described sufficiently, which substantiates the topicality of our research. The study has revealed six structural components of deontological training, namely fundamental scientific, clinical, legal and regulatory, linguistic, communicative, and ethical ones. The profound analysis confirms that the ethical component is essential in the deontological training of future physicians. The study aims to analyze the role of the ethical element of deontological training and its influence on the development of deontological competence.
The research involved the usage of a series of analytical research methods, i.e. literature analysis, analysis of regulatory documents and academic material, analysis of basic terms and definitions related to deontological training, and structural and content analysis of the deontological training of medical students.
In professional medical education, deontological training goes far beyond medical deontology and involves the interaction of several academic disciplines. The ethical component of deontological training is comprised of the interaction of the following subjects: medical deontology, bioethics, Christian ethics and morals, academic integrity, communicative culture and etiquette of a physician, medicine and culture, ethics and esthetics of communication. The listed subjects are directed at developing professionalism by humanizing professional education and developing emotional intelligence and soft skills in medical students (communication, cooperation, leadership, time management, creativity, adaptation, etc.)
Thus, the ethical component of deontological training significantly influences the development of deontological competence. The identified educational approach of humanization of professional training contributes to the development of moral and ethical values in medical students, their awareness of professional duties and rules, facilitating their future professional adaptation and promoting the effectiveness of future interactions and communication in professional settings.