Modern realities of distance-combined learning in the discipline “surgical diseases” in a medical university

Introduction. At the present stage in the higher education environment, distance learning is used in the main professional educational programs. At present, such issues as the adequacy of the use of distance and combined forms of training in the study of practical disciplines, the place of the distance mode in this component, the level of knowledge and practical skills that students acquire with these methods when passing cycles in surgical disciplines have not yet been fully resolved.

Aim. To performance analysis the forms of distance and combined learning used by senior students of medical universities, currently in use.

Materials and methods. The study included 86 respondents: 54 senior students studying at the clinical sites of the Department of Surgical Diseases at Kazan State Medical University and 32 first and second-year residents studying at the clinical sites of the Department of Surgery with a course in cardiovascular surgery at the Institute of Postgraduate Education at Samara State Medical University. The survey questions were designed in accordance with the objectives of the study. Survey data was collected using Yandex Forms, and the results were subsequently converted into Microsoft Excel spreadsheets.

Results. According to the conducted research, the following results were obtained: 1. Increased emotional stress of students in the blended form of education. 2. High level of teaching staff was noted when using platforms for online education. 3. Low level of acquired skills and abilities of students in distance learning against the background of the latter’s lack of motivation and low assimilation of the material by them. 4. More than 40% of students noted that distance learning in the discipline “surgery” will not replace full-time education.

Conclusions. Analysis of the results obtained in distance learning in practical disciplines (surgical diseases) demonstrated the desire of participants in the educational process for face-to-face communication to obtain practical skills.

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