Annotation. The purpose of the work is to substantiate the feasibility of implementing innovative technologies, forms, and methods of teaching in the educational process of higher education institutions, as the main factor in the formation of professional skills of future professionals in terms of combined distance learning. The following methods have been using at work: biblio-semantic, historical, and content analysis. The issues of implementation of innovative teaching methods in higher education students in the conditions of distance learning are covered, namely: the creation of "intelligence map" on a given topic and independent work of students in "small group," the efficiency of application of "case technologies" in practical classes and conducting seminars in the format of a problem lecture. The importance of innovative training in the process of forming professional skills of future specialists in the conditions of combined classroom and distance education has been emphasizing.