N 1 (182) 2023. P. 49–52

APPLICATIONS’ EFFICIENCY OF MODERN ALTERNATIVE TEACHING METHODS IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER MEDICAL EDUCATION

Poltava State Medical University, Poltava, Ukraine

DOI 10.32782/2226-2008-2023-1-9

Introduction. Education in medical education institutions is an active process during which students and teachers must work together to make the process of knowledge exchange enjoyable and easier: to understand and to promote the development of analytical approaches to solving the problem. In addition, the educational process requires the use of some approaches to teaching and learning that best meet the specific needs of students today. Therefore, educational programs should include various alternative teaching and learning strategies that are well-tested and in practice have proven themselves quite well in the training of future doctors.

The aim of this work is to study the effectiveness of various modern alternative teaching methods in institutions of higher medical education.

Main part. Today, in the educational process, for the most part, various types of modern teaching methods are used. They are quite well-tested and are usually used in different countries to realize the specific objectives of the curriculum. Thus, modern education methods include studying based on specific cases; application of evidence-based medicine; problem-based learning and their modelling; e-learning; peer and observational learning; inverted classes learning and team working. These methods motivate learning, actively involve students in the educational process and connect theory with real-life situations. They improve the competence and logical clinical thinking of the learners.

Stakeholders of the educational process: students, teachers and administration of educational institutions should unite and take an active role in the development of a curriculum that would be aimed at improving the training of medical students.

Conclusion. Thus, institutions of higher education should develop and implement these alternative teaching and learning strategies early in the curriculum, which will give students the freedom to explore and reflect on their knowledge and help to expand and modernize medical education itself. They must be flexible enough to effectively and appropriately adapt and include multidisciplinary teaching models at the appropriate time, beginning with a preclinical study of academic disciplines.

Key words: training, alternative educational methods, higher education students, teachers, medical education.

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