Medical education in Russia: vectors of reboot in pandemic conditions

Abstract

The pandemic of the new coronavirus infection, determined, the need for accelerated transformations in the fi of national health, as well as a change in the usual principles and approaches in the system of higher medical education. The article, using the example of the Sechenov University case as the flagship of higher medical education in the country, analyzes the experience of operational restructuring of the organization of the university’s activities and highlights the key vectors of the educational process reorganization and training of medical personnel in the context of the spread of COVID-19.Sechenov University, based on the existing digital content modified the lecture materials into a digital format, adapted individual distance learning algorithms to the educational process of a medical university. The result is the preservation of the quality of education, the adaptation of educational programs, taking into account new formats and technologies for the delivery of knowledge, a flexible response to the demands of consumers of educational services of the University.

The impact of healthcare digitalization on the medical education curricula and programs: Points of convergence and divergence

“…The comparison of the capabilities of medical universities and the study of the processes of digitalization of healthcare for the implementation of innovation policy was revealed in different international research studies (Aulenkamp et al, 2021;Cullen et al, 2019;Forde & OBrien, 2022;Khurana et al, 2022;Lazarenko et al, 2020;Litvinova et al, 2021). At the same time, for educational programs to be productive, a balance must be maintained between the results of digitalization of healthcare and theoretical knowledge, clinical and practical experience of medical students (Zis et al, 2021).…”