Essence and Structure of the Integration-Functional Model of Natural and Scientific Training of Future Specialists in Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy

Abstract

The results of the generalization and systematization of literary sources testify to the thoroughness of approaches to the problem of modeling in modern professional education. The aim of the study is to comprehensive analysis of the essence and structure of the integration-functional model of the natural-scientific training of future specialists in physical therapy and occupational therapy. Experimental work was carried out during 2020-2022 in three stages: ascertaining, forming and control. Each of the identified stages involved solving the relevant tasks and identifying the necessary research methods. Research methods: analysis of scientific and methodical literature; pedagogical observation; pedagogical experiment; pedagogical testing; methods of mathematical statistics. The experimental verification of the proposed author's model regarding the formation of diagnostic competence took place on the basis of the Institution of Higher Education of the Poltava Institute of Business «International Scientific and Technical University named after academician Yuri Bugai». 636 students of the specialty «Physical therapy, occupational therapy» took part in this experiment. According to the results of the experimental work, the developed model allows determining the optimal combination of modern and traditional forms of education and contributes to increasing the levels of formation of natural and scientific competence of future specialists in physical therapy and occupational therapy.