KEEPING PHYSICIAN’S PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE CURRENT AND RELEVANT TO MODERN PRACTICE: THE NEED FOR LIFELONG LEARNING

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Published: Feb 12, 2021

  Oksana Dudina

Abstract

The article describes main features of continuing professional medical education in contemperory world influenced by the pandemic COVID-19. The aim of the research is to study the basics of management of the effectiveness of doctors and paramedics training based on lifelong learning. A new model of a healthcare professional competence is reviwed in the article. The analytical method was used as a research method while analyzing scientific and pedagogical literature. The prospective development of modern medicine is impossible without continuous medical education, which dynamically encompasses not only the majority of scientific disciplines, but also a multifaceted spectrum of innovative technologies. The proposed key directions of management of the effectiveness of doctor’s training in the COVID-19 situation are based on the main principles of the implementation of the concept of medical lifelong learning. At the present stage of healthcare system in Ukraine a lot of qualified professionals in many specific specialties are needed. The country also needs creative individuals who are able to acquire the necessary professional competences through lifelong education

How to Cite

Dudina, O. (2021). KEEPING PHYSICIAN’S PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE CURRENT AND RELEVANT TO MODERN PRACTICE: THE NEED FOR LIFELONG LEARNING. Academia Polonica, 42(5), 66-70. https://doi.org/10.23856/4209
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Keywords

continuous education, medical education, health professionals, physician’s competence, professionalism

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