DEVELOPMENT OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OF FUTURE MEDICAL WORKERS IN THE CONDITIONS OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

Abstract

In the article the author analyzes the theoretical bases of formation of professional competence of future medical professionals, highlights the work of scientists concerning the different aspects of the problem. It is stated that the professional training of future medical professionals at the current stage of development should be based on humanistic theory and the desire of the person for self-education, self-improvement and self-realization. The author focuses on the necessity for a systematic approach concerning the professional training of future physicians, a conceptual understanding of the main tasks of professional development of the person and their implementation throughout life. The peculiarities of professional training of future medical workers are revealed, the main directions of making changes and adjustments concerning the education in higher educational institutions are highlighted. The focus is on the competency-based approach in the educational process, the analysis of the positive results of the professional training as a result of its implementation in the institutions of higher medical education (IHME). The essence of the concepts “competence”, “professional competence”, “professionalism”, “basic qualities” are clarified; its structural components and features are identified; stages concerning the formation in the process of professional training. The main attention is focused on professionalism as a reflection of professional competence, a holistic integrative characteristic of the subject of professional activity, which is manifested in perfect implementation and consistently high results of medical practice, ability to professional self-organization, self-actualization, professional self-development. It is emphasized that the main condition for the development of the personality of the future health care worker at the present stage is the re-orientation of the educational process of IHME from the narrow-subject nature of the study of educational disciplines onto the development of professionally-oriented, critical thinking; development of the creative potential of the person.