Experience of Application of Modern Educational Methods in Teaching of the Course «Laboratory Diagnostics» in National University of Pharmacy

Abstract

The global process of transition to the information society, as well as the economic, political and social changes that accompany it, are accelerating the reform of the education system. Distance learning is a humanistic personality-oriented form of learning, the basis of which is purposeful, motivated learning and communication between the teacher and students by using of modern information technology. The distance learning system opens wide access to various educational services to a large number of people who, due to objective or subjective reasons, cannot receive education in the traditional way. In addition, the advantage of this form of education is the lack of «age requirements», which is sometimes an objective obstacle to retraining or additional education for those categories of people with professional experience. The purpose of the study was to analyze the features of teaching a distance course in the discipline «Laboratory Diagnostics», developed at the Department of Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics National university of pharmacy. Material and methods. The methodological basis of the study included the following components: system approach; the concept of personality-oriented learning; principles of distance learning; theory of information systems. The article considers the peculiarities of the organization of distance learning in National university of pharmacy, the main methodological regulations on which the introduction of distance learning courses is based. The distance courses of the discipline «Laboratory Diagnostics» for students of specialty 226 «Pharmacy, Industrial Pharmacy» in the information environment Moodle was analyzed and generalized and the basic elements of educational information placement were directly described. The authors determined the place of distance courses in the process of independent training of educational process; the special role of the teacher (tutor) in the organization of independent training of the students according to the offered methodical recommendations and distance courses was shown. Conclusion. Distance learning in a virtual educational environment provides a variety of modern e-learning tools that can be used not only in full-scale distance learning, but also in traditional forms. National university of pharmacy is actively implementing measures to comply with the requirements of current regulations of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine on the implementation of distance learning. The experience of teaching the discipline «Laboratory Diagnostics» using distance learning technology allows future professionals in the field of knowledge «Health» to acquire skills and abilities