Peculiarities of preparing students with disabilities for professional activity in medical educational institutions

Abstract

The problem of ensuring the inclusiveness of the educational space in the conditions of medical educational institutions for students with disabilities is analyzed. The introduction of inclusive education in the field of training students with disabilities is a relevant problem worldwide today. The practical experience of implementing inclusive education in the system of higher medical education is summarized, which indicates the need to increase the level of teachers' mastery of special methods and technologies for working with students with disabilities. It was determined that students with disabilities studying in medical educational institutions feel an increased need to create a system of comprehensive support. The important tasks of psychological and pedagogical support for students with disabilities during their studies in medical educational institutions include the formation of effective learning skills; psychological adaptation to the conditions of the educational institution, the learning process and the student body; the development of motivation for self-education and personal self-improvement in students with disabilities, etc. It is summarized that ensuring inclusive education for students with disabilities in medical universities is based on taking into account the following features: promoting the improvement of the competence of the teaching staff of medical educational institutions in the field of organizing inclusive interaction and implementing adaptive educational technologies; maximizing efforts to improve the material and technical base of medical educational institutions in order to ensure accessibility for students with various types of health disorders; creating a tolerant environment; developing an institution of inclusive volunteering among student youth; raising awareness of students with disabilities about the peculiarities of professional activities; introducing innovative technologies in the implementation of comprehensive psychological and pedagogical support for the education of students with disabilities in medical universities.