COMPETENCE APPROACH IN THE TRAINING OF PEDIATRIC DENTISTS

Abstract

The aim of the work – to promote the formation of communicative skills and abilities of students in practical lessons in pediatric dentistry, readiness for tactful psychological correction of patients of childhood for successful medical and diagnostic dental manipulations.

The main body. In I. Horbachevsky Ternopil State Medical University at the Department of Pediatric Dentistry we’re constantly improving the technology of the educational process, introducing modern pedagogical technologies, in particular, training, coaching, case technology, other interactive techniques that motivate students for future practical activities, allow preparing specialists capable of practical health care the most effective use of theoretical knowledge. Training technology, in particular coaching, promotes the formation of professional, communicative skills and abilities, skills of self-knowledge, communication and interaction of people in the group, allows the individual, using the right methods and techniques to achieve the goals, the highest performance. In accordance with the theme of the practical lesson in pediatric dentistry, the teacher builds a plot-role situation, where each student has a role: a small patient, his relatives, a dentist-therapist, a dentist-surgeon, an orthodontist, a radiologist, a head of a department, a nurse, a registrar, etc. The dentist must  nd psychological contact with the child and his parents. The art of conversation, based on the understanding, trust, sympathy and psychological impact of a dentist on a child, is the key to establishing collaboration with a small patient and a guarantee of successful treatment.

Conclusion. The ability to establish psychological contact with the child, the ability to correctly and adequately assess the clinical situation, effectively carry out diagnostic and therapeutic dental manipulations, increases the professional level of future specialist training, improves the professional skills of senior students, makes it possible to provide quali ed medical assistance.