KEY APPROACHES TO THE TEACHING OF BIOCHEMISTRY IN I. Horbachevsky TERNOPIL STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY AS DETERMINED BY COMPETENCE REQUIREMENTS

Abstract

The aim of the work – to analyse teaching of fundamental disciplines in a medical school from the perspective of competency-based education. This approach requires strengthening of independent and productive learning by students, development of their personal potential and creative abilities. As a result, competency-based education is an important tool in the modernization of medical education.

The main body. A modern medical specialist must not only possess comprehensive knowledge and a certain level of professional skills, but also the ability to apply the acquired knowledge creatively in different real-life situations, to demonstrate alacrity in a contemporary dynamic society presenting information and innovation challenges, all while holding on to a set of moral guidelines. Competency-based education offers helpful signposts on the path to international standards of education. In our opinion, in medical education the emphasis on developing competencies should be placed even at the stage of studying basic theoretical disciplines, in particular, biological chemistry, which serves as a foundation of clinical and laboratory diagnostics.

Conclusion. Implementation of competency-based education can play a key role in the training of a health care professional, in particular at the stage of learning basic theoretical disciplines.