FEATURES OF MEDICAL EDUCATION IN UKRAINE DURING WARTIME

Bezkorovayna I. M., Voskresenska L. K., Ryadnova V. V.

MEDICAL EDUCATION

Scentific article

Ukrainian medical education, reformed and adapted to the standards of the European Union, has always been in the first ranks among dream specialties. However, with the beginning of a full-scale war, the entire education field found itself in a difficult situation and needs certain corrections. While conducting an analysis of the literature, we tried to identify ways of possible development of medical education during martial law in Ukraine. The first point of the medical education methodology is the possibility of distance learning in medicine, which is extremely necessary for higher education institutions located in occupied territories, in areas that are constantly bombarded, or in institutions whose infrastructure has been destroyed. In foreign literature, 5 main strategies of distance learning in medical higher education institutions are described. First, it is a telecommunications strategy. In the second place, there is learning based on simulation. Agarwal et al. vote for technological clinical training. Mobile learning and mixed learning also hold a significant place in the literature. But it is difficult to ensure the full development of clinical knowledge of future doctors on a distance course without integrated “hands-on” training. If the training takes place only remotely, then, even with the best IT support, the practical part of knowledge is insufficient, whereas the future doctor must independently study and master a huge number of practical skills, and examine patients with various diseases unaided. Therefore, there is a need to re-plan class schedules with one or several months allocated for the acquisition of practical skills in higher education institutions, that are located in safe places, which can be regarded as the practical courses. Thus, analyzing modern literature on the chosen topic, the author came to the following conclusions: 1. It is possible to use distance education in medical educational institutions. 2. Distance medical education should be integrated using existing models and all distance learning strategies. 3. During the period of martial law, there is a consolidation of medical institutions of higher education for the acquisition of professional practice by students in full-time mode.

medical education,distance learning

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«Bulletin of problems biology and medicine» Issue 1 (168), 2023 year, 219-223 pages, index UDK 61:378.093.5:378.147.091.31-059.2:355.4(477)

10.29254/2077-4214-2023-1-168-219-223