CURRENT CHALLENGES DURING THE TEACHING OF CLINICAL DISCIPLINES TO ENGLISH-SPEAKING FOREIGN STUDENTS AND THE WAYS TO SOLVE THEM

Abstract

The aim of the work – to analyze the current challenges during teaching of clinical disciplines to English-speaking foreign students and offer the ways to solve them.

The main body. It was demonstrated that crucial challenges for the acquisition of medical education by English-speaking foreigners are language barrier, insufficient use of new pedagogical techniques and innovative technologies of distance learning by teachers, a low level of practical skills proficiency.

We consider effective ways to overcome these problems by the introduction of a language test for foreign students, by financial encouragement of the teachers with proved high level of language training, creation of the university clinics, and involvement of international online platforms in the studying of basic and clinical disciplines at medical universities.

Conclusions. Implementation of the approaches mentioned above will contribute to improving of higher medical education, the formation of a positive image of Ukrainian universities all over the world and definitely allows raising revenues.