USE OF MASTER CLASSES DURING CYCLES OF THEMATIC IMPROVEMENT AT THE DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY

Abstract

Institutions of postgraduate medical education in the modern paradigm of medical and educational reform should add the latest teaching technologies into the traditional teaching schemes. The task of institutions of postgraduate medical education is to create a competitive educational product that should significantly improve the professional level of doctors. Pathology, as a medical specialty, requires not only deep theoretical knowledge, but also very specific practical skills. Therefore, the established forms of training (lectures, seminars, practical classes) are significantly lower in terms of efficiency for master classes. This form of training combines all the best features of the listed types of classes, without having to waste time and with the maximum level of visualization of the educational process. In addition, taking into account a certain staff famine in the pathology, doctors-pathologists are not always able to spend enough time for a long-term training cycle. While they can choose the themes of the master classes, in familiarizing with the need, dictated by the production necessity. The article conveys the experience of using master classes during postgraduate training of pathologists. It provided information on the legal framework for conducting such classes, the scheme of conducting a master class on an example of a specific topic is given. The authors developed an algorithm for conducting master classes taking into account the specifics of teaching pathological anatomy in institutions of postgraduate education. The feedback from the listeners indicates a very positive perception of this form of learning. This proves that the master class is one of the most effective forms of vocational training of doctors, which must be applied by institutions of postgraduate education. The Department of Pathological Anatomy of KhMAPO intends to constantly increase the arsenal of those master classes, fill them with contemporary content, and also introduce other effective and creative teaching methods.