FORMATION OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION COMPETENCE OF FUTURE MEDICAL SPECIALISTS THROUGH INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (FOREIGN EXPERIENCE)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.11603/me.2414-5998.2020.2.11153Keywords:
foreign language communication competence, medical specialist, ICT, training programs, distance coursesAbstract
The paper considers the ways of forming foreign language communication competence of future medical specialists through ICT on the basis of foreign experience. It focuses on five most popular medical universities that, in particular, show high results in terms of medical research, carried out by the students directly: Medical School at Harvard University, School of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine at New York University, Langone, School of Medicine at Stanford University, School of Medicine at University of California – San Francisco. The paper analyses training programs aimed at the formation of foreign language communication competence of future medical specialists at the above-mentioned Universities: program on the general communication language, “Medical English” distance online courses, professional language for medical students, a particular attention being paid to Michael Mitchel’s online distance course in the framework of the Swedish project. Besides, the paper considers the use of ICT means: Moodle, SpeakApps, PowerPoint, and other programs for presentations; online simulators, programs for making tests, questionnaires and games; cloud based services for the organization of foreign language online clubs, etc.
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