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The development of “soft skills” applicable to healthcare professionals is a necessary factor for the formation of a highly qualifed specialist engaged in medical activity. Aim. The aim of the survey is to study the formation of “soft skills” while undergraduates at Nursing Institute obtain higher medical education. Materials and methods. It has led to the analysis of four key competencies “4K”. The comparative analysis was used to describe the names of universal competencies included into the Federal State Educational Standard for Bachelor’s degree in “Nursing” and the meaning of “4K” competencies. Fulltime students of Saratov State Medical University named after V.I. Razumovsky majoring in “Nursing” were engaged into the questionnaire. It has been revealed that the development of “4K” competencies is important for medical professional staff.Results. The present study confrmed that the training for “Nursing” at the Bachelor level following the Federal State Educational Standard contributes to the development of “soft skills”.Conclusion. Based on the data obtained from the survey, we may conclude that the four key competencies “4K” are well formed in Bachelor of Nursing. However, the lack of information on the concept and structure of “soft skills” among students has been determined. More detailed information can be found by the use of special educational technologies and methods for mastering the “soft skills”.

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Aim to study medical university students attitude to water intake as an element of a healthy lifestyle. Material and methods. 824 students of medical university took part in a survey on their attitude to drinking water. The data obtained were processed using the methods of descriptive, parametric and nonparametric statistics. Results. The students attitude to water consumption corresponds to the current WHO recommendations. Almost all respondents (93.2%) agree that water and its rational consumption have positive impact on human health. 87.3% of the students consume water as a drink, with an average of 1.530.02 liters per day. 81.8% of respondents use drinking water to satisfy their thirst. 55.3% of respondents prefer still spring water. 32.9% of respondents pointed to the leading role of the family and traditions in forming a certain attitude to drinking water consumption. The respondents also noted the influence of media reports and advertising (20.0%) and of the immediate environment such as friends, classmates, etc. (19.8%). 51.8% of respondents are ready to replace the drinks they use with drinking water. Conclusion. The main factors determining the behavior of the majority of students in relation to the rational use of drinking water are age and family (including the presence of medical workers among relatives).

Objective: to identify trends students' attitudes to medical activities prior to completing their studies at a medical university. Material and methods. A longitudinal study of the opinion of medical university students was conducted. By the method of questioning with the help of author's questionnaires (two types of questionnaires with 15 questions, adapted to the tasks of the research stages). At the 1st stage, students of those training courses were surveyed, after which it is possible to obtain admission to medical activities as specialists with secondary medical or secondary pharmaceutical education (n=634); at the 2nd stage — students of those training courses who had the opportunity to work on the basis of the received admission (n=586). Results. There was a significant increase in students' awareness of the possibility to implement medical practice as nursing professionals having obtained an admission (from 59.3% to 84.3% of respondents). There were revealed the dominant motives to receive an admission: to get working experience for further professional practice or for residency admission (52.2% and 56.1% out of 100 respondents at the first and second stages of the survey respectively), to apply/work out the acquired competencies in practice in real conditions (42.3% and 34.3% out of 100 respondents respectively). The refore some undergraduates were not prone to obtain an admission and that attitude was explained by the difficulty of combining studies and work (60.1 % out of 100 respondents). Conclusion. Along with raising awareness of students and obtaining admission of 35.5% of students, the proportion of students who do not want to get admission to medical activities classes before completing their studies is increasing.