TEACHING EXPERIENCE OF SOME CLIMATOTHERAPY ISSUES FOR 6 COURSE ENGLISH-SPEAKING STUDENTS AT THE HYGIENE AND ECOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF O.O. BOGOMOLETS NATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The aim of our study was to share our experiences and established peculiarities of separate themes teaching, including issues of climate therapy, for foreign students of medical universities that are in the final stage of their training.

Materials and methods. The methods of analysis, synthesis and systematization of information, statistical methods were used in this work. As sources of information data from the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and the official site of NMU were used.

Results. Climate therapy – is accessible and enjoyable way to treat a patient that has a pronounced therapeutic and prophylactic properties, helps in the treatment of chronic and autoimmune diseases. Considering the fact that over 80 % of O.O. Bogomolets NMU foreign students came from countries with hot climates and they will back there to work as a doctors, staff of the Hygiene and Ecology Department pays more attention to review of the questions of climatic resorts is desert and steppe zones usage for the treatment and prevention of diseases. For descriptive reasons of teaching materials in the form of block diagrams that include information on the characteristics of each type of climatic resorts, climatic factors for use in a particular case, their mechanism of action, indications and contraindications for their use were created by us using guidelines of Uzhgorod University Department of Health Resorts. Students are trained to apply the scheme using climatic resorts for treatment and prevention of specific diseases by the example of situational tasks with a detailed description of the clinical situation, medical history, symptoms of disease, location and operation of the patient, etc.

Conclusion. Given the foregoing, we conclude that the department developed a metodological framework for teaching foreing English-speaking students of climate therapy helps themobtainnecesery practicalakillsand raising the level of general training.