ESTIMATION OF EFFICIENCY OF SELF-EMPLOYMENT BY STUDENTS IN THE STUDY OF HYGIENIC DISCIPLINES

Abstract

The aim of the work – to analyze the attitude of students of the institution of higher medical education to the independent study of a certain part of the educational material at the Department of Hygiene and Ecology.

The main body. Recent reforms in higher medical education which initiated a dramatic increase in hours for self-training students at higher education institutions gradually begin to be perceived by the student community. The results of the questionnaires of students of the higher medical institution – the students of secondary and post-graduate students are considered. The obtained data testify to a gradual change in the attitude of contemporary students to the need for self-mastering of a part of professional knowledge as a traditional component of the educational process. Most of the polled second-year students, both Ukrainians and foreign English-speaking, are self-employed not less than 50 % and 40 % of the time, respectively.

Conclusions. Independent work of students in medical institutions of higher education is not only a way of obtaining specific professional knowledge, but also to a greater extent, an indicator of the readiness of the future doctor for continuous professional growth, a sense of social and corporate responsibility, the ability to make decisions in complex life and work situations. Analysis of the data of questioning of students of different courses about their relation to independent non-auditing work showed that these features are more inherent in a new generation of both domestic and foreign English-speaking students.