EXPERIENCE OF PREPARING AND PASSING BY STUDENTS-PHARMACISTS OF THE UNIFIED STATE QUALIFICATION EXAMINATION UNDER QUARANTINE AND DISTANCE LEARNING AT DNIPRO STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The article analyzes the results of the Unifi ed State Qualifi cation Examination (USQE) implementation in order to assess the pharmacy students’ education level during the Krok-1 licensed integrated examination and to compare these results with the national indicators. Despite the fact that in 2020 for the first time introduced distance learning for the period of full lockdown in Ukraine due to the prevalence of COVID-19 infection has been introduced in Ukraine, both Ukrainian and foreign third year pharmacy students have had the USQ examination at Dnipropetrovsk Medical Academy which included two components: Krok-1 licensed integrated examination and professional English. The analysis of the obtained results has revealed shortcomings and the advantages for preparing and passing of the student training program and drawn an attention to the solution to problematic issues. This comprehensive assessment of the pharmacy students’ profile knowledge allows us to identify the training programs’ shortcomings and provides an opportunity to increase the effectiveness of study at the academy in order to integrate Ukrainian specialists in the world medicine.