Integration of natural sciences content into professional training of future doctors
Date
2016-09-12
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Lviv Politechnic Publishing House
Abstract
The article deals with the problem of integration of natural sciences content into professional training
of future doctors. The aim of the article is defined as methodological substantiation of the expediency of
integration of natural sciences content into the professional training of future healthcare professionals. The
authors define special features of natural sciences knowledge and of natural sciences training of a future
doctor, special features of teaching natural sciences, and substantiate possibilities of integration of the
content of the natural sciences component into professional training of future medical workers. The ways of
integration of teaching natural sciences with professional practical training in the process of preparing
medical specialists have been elaborated. It has been found that it is advisable to overcome inconsistency
between separate academic disciplines by way of their integration while accounting the aspects of their selforganization.
It has been established that integration of the aims of teaching natural sciences with
professional training of future medical workers is based on the idea of purposefulness and motivation of
teaching the fundamentals of these sciences.
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Keywords
natural sciences training, natural science disciplines, doctors’ education, integration, professional practical training, professional competence, motivation, teaching content selection criteria
Citation
Kozlovska I. Integration of natural sciences content into professional training of future doctors / Iryna Kozlovska, Marianna Paykush, Iryna Pastyrska // Ukrainian Journal of Educational Research. — Lviv : Lviv Politechnic Publishing House, 2016. — Vol 1. — No 1. — P. 27–32.