CHANGES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL STUDENTS EMOTIONAL COMPETENCE AS THE RESULT OF SPECIAL COURSE INTRODUCTION AND PSYCHOTRAINING APPLICATION

Abstract

           The article studies psychological and pedagogical components of the emotional competence formation of future doctors at different phases of training. Main aspects of future doctors’ professional training at higher medical educational institutions are also described. Author attempts to disclose the specifics of future specialists’ emotional-psychological competence formation. The concept of formation of emotional competence of a specialist is suggested.

The problem of the formation of emotional competence of future doctors is one of the most important in the field of professional medical education. Analysis of state educational standard of higher medical education has shown that some of the disciplines hereunder, allow students to obtain information about the psychological aspects of the emotional sphere, the emotional organization of personality, age-related peculiarities of this phenomenon, as well as the basics of control of emotional states. The results of the analysis of curricula and training programs of medical specialists indicate that the psychology of emotions is not a separate object of pedagogical influence, and therefore there is an objective contradiction between the real needs of the future specialist in acquisition of knowledge on the psychology of emotions and the ability to get them in the learning process in higher medical schools. The results of our analysis allowed us to establish that today the problem of the formation of emotional competence of a future specialist is new in the field of psychological research. However, in our deep conviction, it is advisable to figure out how to solve this problem in practice, at higher medical education.

Today, there are available and used a variety of exercises, tasks, seminars, workshops aimed at the development of the emotional sphere, and emotional competence of the student, which can be suggested as an additional material in the process of theoretical and practical training of future doctors in higher medical educational establishments. The experimental research of psychological features of the future doctor emotional competence and analysis of its structural components are presented in the article. Based on the results of a search phase of the study of the formation of emotional competence of future doctors, tasks were identified and hypothesized pilot study. The techniques of empirical research are show.  Empirical data, results of processing and analysis of the basis for the development of the program of special training of students – future doctors are described. On the basis of generalization of the obtained results identify ways of promoting professional competences in the field of emotions. Set out the overall strategy, the structure, revealed the main principles, methodological approaches and content of training programs aimed at developing the emotional competence of students – future doctors. The positive results of the carried-out work on formation of emotional competence of students-future doctors dictate the urgent need to continue initiated activities to improve the educational process in higher medical educational establishment.