Problem-based distance learning as a method of forming Clinical Thinking of Medical university Residency students

Abstract

Introduction. The paper examines the problem of the formation of clinical thinking of a medical specialist in a remote format, identifies ways and means of its solution.Purpose setting. It is important to reveal a contradiction between the development of professional medical skills in practice and the lack of direct contact with the patient in remote interaction, where students of medical universities face the problem of the impossibility of contact with the patient, which, in turn, complicates the formation of their clinical thinking and, in the future, negatively affects the work of the doctor.Methodology and methods of the study. Experimental work is being carried out to study the practical application of problem-based learning techniques in the distance format of residency students in the formation of their clinical thinking. The pedagogical conditions associated with the use of problem-based learning methods in the formation of clinical thinking of students in residency are substantiated and proposed. 54 first-year resident doctors in various clinical specialties participated in the study as respondents. The study was conducted in November 2021 during the period of study in the discipline «Pedagogy».Results. As a result of the work carried out, conclusions are drawn that the practical application of problem-based learning techniques, as a method of forming clinical thinking in distance learning, has a certain educational effect. In a remote format, this technique transfers students in residency from listeners of subject material to active participants in educational work, allowing them to form clinical thinking in conditions of limited communication with patients.Conclusion. In the course of experimental work, it was found out that the distance learning format during the pandemic gave many resident doctors the opportunity to become part of the practical level of healthcare, having the possibility to combine study and work.