PREPARATION OF MEDICAL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS FOR COMMUNICATION WITH CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

Abstract

The article concerns topical issues of communication culture of future doctors.  Authors analyze different approaches to determining the category of children with special needs which need to be unified. Range of tasks related to the pedagogical training of future doctors to provide medical services to children with special needs have been defined: improving the methods of teaching of the ethical disciplines, supplementing the content of educational work in institutions of higher medical education with information materials on the specifics of communication of health professionals with children with special needs, forming of professional readiness of future doctors for educational work with parents of “special children’’. Basic values in the context of communication culture of future doctors with children with special needs are defined: patient-centeredness, personal approach, respect for human dignity of people with special needs, realization of their rights and interests, creation of all appropriate conditions for effective diagnosis, treatment and consultation of children with special needs, cooperation with specialists in other fields and the public on comprehensive support of children in this category and their families. Psychological, pedagogical and philological aspects of objective self-assessment of future doctors as a necessary condition for the formітп of their communication culture are highlighted. The importance of empathy, taking into account the specifics of future professional activity, the peculiarities of communication with orphans, children with disabilities have been emphasized. The effectiveness of new methods of organizing the educational process is proved i.e. mutual review, self-assessment, expert assessment, preparation of mind maps. Promising areas of research related to the introduction of inclusive values in the educational process of higher medical school are identified.