MEDICAL SIMULATION AS AN OBJECT OF PEDAGOGICAL RESEARCH

Abstract

Summary. At the current stage of development of innovative technologies, real prerequisites are created for the search for effective pedagogical methods in the process of training highly qualified specialists who will be competitive in the labor market. In the educational sphere, one of such important methods of training specialists in various fields of professional activity is the introduction of simulation training into pedagogical practice. In particular, simulation training has become particularly widespread in higher education institutions that train specialists for aviation, space industry, military direction, information and communication technologies, medicine, etc. However, it should be noted that simulation training in the process of training medical specialists, in particular nurses, as an object of pedagogical practice has not yet received proper implementation in the pedagogical educational space. Since the subject of the study is medical education, for a deeper understanding of its content and taking into account the features of its application, the problem of theoretical analysis of the evolution of the development of both the medical practice itself and the use of simulation training methods, as well as taking into account the historical experience of various scientific views in medical pedagogy, is being actualized.

The article provides a theoretical analysis of medical simulation as an important object of scientific and pedagogical research through the prism of the need to use its results to increase the effectiveness of teaching simulation training in the field of medical education.

The etymological aspects of the terms "simulation", "medical simulation", which are the basis for interpreting the conceptual and categorical apparatus of this study, as well as studying the evolution of development, periodization of the main stages of simulation training in medical education, are considered.

The author's interpretation of the theoretical content of the concept of "medical simulation" and determining its place in the system of categories of medical pedagogy are proposed.

The literary sources of domestic and foreign scientists are analyzed and the historical patterns of the formation and development of simulation training in medical education are theoretically substantiated, which directly contributes to increasing the level of theoretical knowledge of the complex nature of this pedagogical phenomenon.

The significance of such analysis for the development and implementation of more effective applied methods of training highly qualified specialists for the medical field in higher education institutions is summarized.