Based on the analysis of existing regulatory documents in the field of higher education, the possibility of using an interdisciplinary approach in the educational process as part of the development of polytechnic education, which is aimed at achieving results in priority areas of development of science, engineering and technology, is considered. It has been established that scientific and technological progress is achieved mainly by studies of objects and related tasks in the interdisciplinary field of knowledge. The concept of interdisciplinarity is formulated. It is revealed that the formation of professional competencies related to the implementation of interdisciplinary studies can be implemented in the higher education system on the basis of interdisciplinary applied educational programs aimed at a wide profile of student training. A model for developing an interdisciplinary applied educational program is considered. It was revealed that a team of scientific and pedagogical workers involved in the studies in the interdisciplinary field of knowledge should participate in the development of interdisciplinary applied educational programs, and also students interested in participating in scientific projects, who have mastered the main professional educational programs in one of the interdisciplinary fields of knowledge. It has been established that after mastering interdisciplinary applied educational programs, graduates of higher education institutions become universal specialists who are able to think creatively, apply methods of research and production activity at a professional level, and be in demand in the labor market. 1. Introduction
The article emphasizes the priority of continuing education in a family doctor’s professional development and training. Current issues of continuing education as a strategic and prospective direction in postgraduate education development are indicated. The attention is paid to the impact of continuing education on doctor’s professional development in terms of World Federation of Medical Education. The development of postgraduate education according to the concept of higher medical education in Ukraine and the National Doctrine is also determined. The basic trends of study in Europe and Ukraine, major development directions, prospects and problems of professional education for family doctors are presented. Characteristic features of continuing education, major means and ways of implementation within postgraduate education are indicated. The attention of the medical community is drawn to the issues of continuing education in Ukraine. The existing system of family doctor’s training at the Department of Therapy and Family Medicine of Postgraduate Education as well as stages of organizational approach to the study of family doctors in the Carpathian region is analyzed.Ways to overcome the problems and the approach of continuing education to international standards are determined. It has been concluded that knowledge gained during continuous postgraduate education and medical practice as well as increase in motivation for continuous renewal and mastering practical skills obtained with experience will be the foundation of successful family doctor’s practice and decisive fac tor in the development of family medicine in general. There are many unsolved issues on the way to improve the system of postgraduate professional education in Ukraine and the Department of Therapy and Family Medicine. Therefore, permanent search for new advanced methods of family doctors’ professional development with the involve ment of the latest teaching methods and advanced technologies taking into account healthcare system features in the country in general and in the Carpathian region in particular in the period of its reforming is necessary.