Crucial Role of Higher Education Teachers in Developing Professional Consciousness of Future Doctors

Abstract

Defining the role of the teacher in ensuring the quality of professional training of students of higher education is important in any field, and especially in medicine. First of all, the teacher of a higher medical school carries an important mission the formation of a new generation of doctors responsible for the preservation of a healthy society and nation, because in modern realities and socio-economic conditions, health is the most important thing. To achieve the goal, literature and publications on similar topics were analyzed. A teacher, who clearly understands his mission, personal responsibility for the knowledge and skills of the student, continuously strives to improve his professional and personal level, will be able to achieve high pedagogical goals. The formation of a future specialist is closely related to his acquisition of theoretical knowledge and practical skills, which are instilled in him by teachers. In our opinion, the choice of a future profession and the level of education largely depend on the teacher's authority, his teaching style, the ability to arouse interest in his subject, and the ability to constantly maintain interest. That is, the teacher must possess the following qualities: dominant (humanity, intelligence, honesty, dignity) and peripheral (friendliness, wisdom, sense of humour). The main features of the pedagogical process are the cooperation of the teacher and students, aimed at achieving a single goal and the inseparability of the processes of learning and education. According to Article 41 of the Law of Ukraine "On Higher Education", the educational process in higher educational institutions is a system of organizational and didactic measures aimed at mastering the appropriate educational-professional (educational-scientific) program and ensuring patriotic, moral, spiritual, aesthetic and physical development of a person. There is no doubt that the higher school should create all the conditions for the training of future specialists, which would provide an opportunity for the formation and formation of their professional consciousness.