Експериментальне дослідження професійних якостей майбутніх у медичних психологів
Authors:   Національний медичний університет імені О. О. Богомольця (Bogomolets National Medical University), Прудка Лілія 
Published: February 2023

The article analyzes the experimental study of professional qualities of future medical psychologists. Considering professional qualities as multi-vector personality characteristics that include: personality orientation (goals, motives, interests, needs); ability to perform their duties (intellectual, emotional, organizational, communicative), professional competencies (socio-personal, general scientific, instrumental, general-professional, specialized-professional) and professional competencies formed on their basis (political, sociopolitical, informational, moral and ethical, cultural); skills that show the ability of the individual to make independent decisions and appropriate actions in unpredictable new situations, and based on this was determined by a set of criteria (valuesemantic, communicative, psychological, professional), which allow, in our opinion, to determine the level of professional qualities future medical psychologists. The main attention was paid to the following issues: awareness of the peculiarities of the professional activity of future medical psychologists; diagnosing professionally important qualities. In the process of conducting experimental research using psychological techniques, the main focus was on communicative and organizational skills. In addition, it is determined that an integral feature of the personality of a medical psychologist is not only reflection but also creativity, which is manifested in the student’s ability to non-standard thinking and behavior, as well as awareness and development of professional and life experience. It also defines such a quality as the responsibility of future medical psychologists for professional activities. Comparative characteristics of the results of the study of future medical psychologists of NMU named after OO Bogomolets and Bukovynian State Medical University are presented in the form of a table. In addition, among the personal and professional qualities, professional competence was identified as an important condition for the success of the professional activity of a medical psychologist and an indicator of his capabilities, integrating knowledge, experience, personal qualities that ensure social responsibility for the results of decisions. After analyzing the above results, we conclude that the development of personal and professional qualities of future medical psychologists and their professional competence is important for their professional development. In addition, the main for professional development is the acceptance of future medical psychologists responsibility for their own development for further professional activities. It is determined that the development of professional qualities in future medical psychologists is possible with the right organization of training, but the main thing is the awareness of future professionals of the peculiarities of their future profession, which will ensure the formation of professional competence.