SOME ASPECTS OF QUALITY CONTROL OF EDUCATION AT THE DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY, VIRUSOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY IN THE CONDITIONS OF DISTANCE LEARNING

Abstract

The pandemic caused by COVID-19 in the world and in Ukraine has caused a number of changes in the system of educational services in general and medical education in particular. The transition to distance learning in higher education has raised a number of practical issues related to the assessment of the quality of educational services. Given that the key to the effective operation of higher education institutions is the training of highly qualified specialists, knowledge control is an integral part of this process. Microbiology, virology and immunology are fundamental disciplines in the preparation of medical students and the final method of assessing knowledge in this subject is a test exam “Кrok 1. Medicine”. However, the key to effective training of future professionals is a systematic and multi-level monitoring of their success, which allows to identify shortcomings in the early stages and eliminate them. The analysis of the current success and the results of the exams, in combination with the processing of tests on-line, allow us to predict the results of the “Krok 1. Medicine” and take timely action on those students who are at high risk. At the Department of Microbiology, Virology and Immunology, the results of the session (test and oral interview, the results of the pre-step) and current success (dynamics of passing practical skills, control of the average score by academic groups, work with underachieving students) are processed semestery. meetings, so that the success of students over the past few years compared to other subjects in microbiology, virology and immunology is at a stable level. This approach to quality control of knowledge allows you to more carefully prepare and plan annual consultations in preparation for the comprehensive test and take into account the questions and wishes of students.