This paper presents a pedagogical study on the need for applying a "Handbook of reference points" in undergraduate midwifery students’ theoretical material in a digital learning environment. Although interactive learning methods in a digital environment are evaluated as fully effective, we demonstrate the necessity of using paper-based information resources. By means of an entry and a final test control, the success rates of the observed student groups are summarized and compared, which are transformed from the student's obtained grade. Statistical processing was performed with the STATISTICA 10 package (with the ANOVA module). Analysis of variance was performed on the collected data. The findings are significant for health care educators who face many challenges in a digital learning environment. It is concluded that with the use of the "Handbook of reference points" in the virtual room, students increase their practical training com petencies.

The paper presents educational videos as an interactive method of teaching nursing and midwifery students. As a part of the methods of online education, educational videos transform the learning content into a practical necessity for the formation ofstudents' professional competencies in the considered medical specialties. Correlation analysis identifies the degree of coherence between the observed features: "training with video films" and "professional competencies formation". Using x2statistics, it is decided whether the relationship between two nominal variables is statistically significant and how the strength of the relationship i.e., the extent of the effect, is valued using the coefficients Phi and Cramer’s V. The statistical processing of the performed didactic experiment proves a "strong" correlation between the studied features.

No abstract

This paper aims to examine the formation of clinical thinking within the case study method in teaching midwifery and nursing students. Statistical methods include the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and the Mann-Whitney U test. After the analysis of the data, it was concluded that the use of the method develops the necessary medical competence for quality realization in the chosen profession.

Specific didactic aspects of the case study method (teaching through casebased practical examples) are presented in the paper. In order for the ship’s crew members to achieve an effective collaborative work, contemporary teaching methodologies should adopt a cautious approach to relevant factors such as innate abilities, policy management, cooperation and professional communication skills, experience, work skills and working environment. Case study is a problem method of teaching, focused on the acquisition of knowledge, skills and competencies – vital prerequisites for quality professional realization of the prospective ship’s crew members. The essential elements for developing the teaching method are analyzed – structure, sources, advantages. An authorship of an organizational model for students’ practical training with the implementation of case study is being shown. An example structure and a case study creation model is suggested. Conclusions drawn from the use of the case study method lead to a safe professional situation in which the prospective specialists are being trained. The case study approach unlocks the trainees’ creative potential, their professional thinking and stimulates searching for new unconventional solutions of problematic situations which the future professionals will be faced with. The method increases students’ training motivation and broadens their knowledge.