PECULIARITIES OF TRAINING ENGLISH-SPEAKING STUDENTS OF THE JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEARS OF STUDY IN THE HYGIENIC PROFILE DEPARTMENTS IN MEDICAL SCHOOLS

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https://doi.org/10.11603/me.2414-5998.2019.2.10336

Keywords:

seminar, hygienic profile, independent work of student (IWS), English-speaking students, environment

Abstract

The article describes peculiarities of training English-speaking students of junior and senior years of study in the hygienic profile departments of medical schools. It has been established that for English-language students of junior year of study it is more relevant to hold seminars with discussion of participants’ reports, and for senior students – solution of situational tasks with the analysis of normative documents on the topic of practical classes, assessment of environmental factors with a help of devices, maintenance of protocols on  the topics of practical classes and IWS, interim and final control on tests from “KROK-2”, due to the peculiarities of curriculum on hygiene for foreign students, which study on the 3rd and  6th courses on the specialty “General medicine”.  The questionnaire, conducted among students of junior year of study (40 respondents), according to our own questionnaire, showed that foreign students spend less than 1 hour on training of theoretical subjects: 6 respondents (16.6%);  1–2 hours – 16 (44.4 %);  2–3 hours  – 9 (25 %);  more than 3 hours – 5 (13.8 %).  English-speaking students spend less than 1 hour – 3 (8.3 %) when training for classes in the clinical disciplines;  1–2 hours – 11 (30.5 %);  2–3  hours – 11 (30.5 %);  more than 3 hours – 3 (8.3 %).  In particular, 25 % of respondents (69.4  %) are positively related to the IWS, a quarter of respondents – negatively (14 %).  The majority of students find answers to the control questions from the topics in the Internet (36  %) and in the textbook (33.3 %), and the minority uses textbooks (28 %), which is caused by a decreasing an interest of students in studying.

Author Biography

L. V. Hryhorenko, Dnipropetrovsk Medical Academy

Scopus Author ID 57201492622

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Published

2019-08-15

How to Cite

Abramov, S. V., Baibakov, V. M., & Hryhorenko, L. V. (2019). PECULIARITIES OF TRAINING ENGLISH-SPEAKING STUDENTS OF THE JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEARS OF STUDY IN THE HYGIENIC PROFILE DEPARTMENTS IN MEDICAL SCHOOLS. Medical Education, (2), 6–10. https://doi.org/10.11603/me.2414-5998.2019.2.10336

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QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN HIGHER MEDICAL EDUCATION