FEATURES OF PRACTICAL TRAINING FOR PROFESSIONAL JUNIOR BACHELORS IN MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS AND TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.11603/m.2414-5998.2026.2.16447Keywords:
medical laboratory technician; laboratory diagnostics; industrial internship; pre-diploma internship; professional pre-higher educationAbstract
The article provides a comprehensive analysis of the experience of practical training of professional junior bachelors majoring in 16 Medical Diagnostics and Treatment Technologies at Zhytomyr Applied College of Pharmacy Zhytomyr Regional Council. The regulatory, legal, educational and methodological framework governing the conduct of industrial and pre-diploma internships is considered. The organizational and content components of the internships that students undergo in clinical diagnostic, biochemical and bacteriological laboratories are characterized. At the same time, the features of cooperation between the educational institution and key bases for industrial and pre-diploma internships are presented. The possibility of free choice of the place of internship as an element of academic freedom of students is indicated.
The place and role of practical training in the structural and logical scheme of the educational and professional program “Laboratory Diagnostics” which trains future medical laboratory technicians are well-reasonable. The authors rightly point out the strengths and weaknesses of the educational institution in terms of insuring the implementation of all content modules of practical training and ways to overcome existing objective difficulties. The mechanisms used by the college to update and renew teaching and methodological materials for practical training in accordance with the needs of modern clinical and diagnostic laboratories are also presented in detail.
The paper analyzes the effectiveness of industrial and pre-diploma internships for students of Zhytomyr Applied College of Pharmacy. In particular, it presents data from anonymous student surveys on the quality of internships organization and information on the employment of graduates of this specialty in clinical laboratories of medical institutions in Zhytomyr region in 2025. The authors emphasize the significant motivational potential of industrial and pre-diploma internships in the context of promoting the specialty 16 Medical Diagnostics and Treatment Technologies among students.
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