The article deals with an urgent issue of a systematic research of foreign students studying in Ukraine. Successful learning and social adaptation of young people greatly depend on learning the Ukrainian language. In addition to the obvious advantages, it is advisable to pay particular attention to the system of theoretical and methodological support of the educational process, starting from the author’s textbooks and finishing with modern information technologies. Forming the communicative competence of a medical professional is impossible without taking into account the value-motivational side of this process. In this regard, the communicative training of the healthcare worker is viewed within an axiological approach. As a consequence, professional values are the central category. Peculiarities of future doctors’ professional values formation as a component of communicative competence are considered. The study, aimed at analysing the development of professional qualities of foreign medical students, was conducted at I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University in the 2018-2019 academic year.The study was carried out under the guidance of professors A.Vykhrushch and N. Fedchyshyn by lecturers of I Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University T. Khvalyboha (EdD), I. Drach (PhD), M. Rudenko (PhD) that teach students-foreigners at the Department of the Ukrainian Language and Department of Foreign Languages.

The aim: To present an overview of the problem of creative skills development at the level of higher education, analyse the notions “creativity” and “creative skills”, investigate the main conditions of the creative skills development in medical students of higher educational establishments in Ukraine and abroad. Materials and methods: Experimental verification of the conditions of the medical students creativity development was conducted in the period from 2017 to 2019 academic years within two groups of students: Ukrainian students and foreign students. In the process of the study, the peculiarities of the students’ creativity development were established through surveys and questionnaires. Results: On the basis of an overview of the problem of creative skills development within the context of modern education, the notions “creativity”, “creativeness” have been analysed. The main strategies and methods aimed at the creative skills development in medical students have been investigated. A brief overview of historical development of the problem of creativity in pedagogy of higher education has been suggested. The given paper analyses the main directions of reforming the system of higher education, in the context of which the development of students’ creativity takes place, as well as the methods and techniques aimed at developing the creative skills of the students. Conclusions: The problem of the development of person’s creative abilities involves a number of logical steps: the definition of the essence of this concept, its significance in the process of human development, society’s need in people with creative abilities, retrospective assessment of the problem, importance of educational systems, and the establishment of consistent patterns of the process.

The aim: To analyze the problem of university management in the cultural and philosophical aspects. Materials and methods: The research was conducted in the form of a written questionnaire. Students were supposed to give a single answer to each question. The survey was conducted in September 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 academic year at Ternopil National Medical University. It encompassed 274 second-year Ukrainian students of medical, dental and pharmaceutical faculties and Institute of Nursing and 228 first, second and third year foreign students, who have come from the USA and study at the faculty of foreign students and International School of Medicine. Although the number of foreign students who participated in the survey was small, we believe that the number of respondents was sufficient enough to draw conclusions about the general trends in the issue under study. Results: Analysis of responses given by Ukrainian and American students allowed us to single out certain trends and specific differences in their outlook and professionally relevant persuasions and attitudes. A positive peculiarity is that the main motive that prompted Ukrainian students to choose a medical profession was that they believe it to be humane and noble (36%). Despite this, many students consider other important criteria when choosing a profession; particularly that it is prestigious and well-paid (21 % and 13 % respectively). The negative sign is that relatively big amount of students in the comparison with Western countries (the USA in particular), indicate that the occupational choice was influenced by their parents’ desire (14 %). Conclusions: The role of pedoetology as one of the priorities of pedagogical science and practice, which should generalize managerial aspects, has been proved. The experience of university education of the USA in the questions of educational management has been analyzed. An overview of the basic concepts relevant to the management of American higher education has been conducted. The features of university management in the USA in modern conditions have been characterized. The differences in the field of professionally significant value orientations between Ukrainian and American students have been investigated. The emphasis is given to the role of teachers’ philosophical culture in successful teaching and learning.