Experience in managing the process of continuing medical education of medical workers in public health and health care

Introduction. The problem of continuous professional development of medical specialists with higher and secondary medical education is especially relevant at the present stage, when medical knowledge, technologies, and drugs are being improved every day.

Purpose. Analysis of the forms of conducting cycles of continuous medical education in the field of health care management and public health at the Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation for the development of the most popular and perfect form of its implementation.

Materials and methods. An analysis of the main directions of the mnagement of the process of continuous medical education of medical workers in general and in public health and health care in the Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education of the Russian National Research Medical University named after N.I. Pirogov of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation.

Results. Since 1977 a continuous medical education was started in the USSR. A course for advanced training of doctors in social hygiene was opened at the Department of Social Hygiene and Health Organization of the 2^nd Medical Institute. Within the framework of the specialty “Organization of Health Care and Public Health”, the department conducted cycles of professional retraining (PP-504 hours), advanced training: 144 hours (PC-144), 72 hours and 36 hours. Continuing medical education is aimed at obtaining the competencies necessary to perform a new type of professional activity. The plans for further improvement of continuing medical education by the department provide for the renewal of work programs, the creation of distance and new relevant cycles.

Limitations of the study. An analysis of professional retraining cycles of students of various durations for the acquisition of new qualifications, qualitative expansion of the field of knowledge, skills and abilities in the period 2017–2022 was carried out.

Conclusion. The presented data indicate the expediency of managing advanced training within the framework of the specialty “Organization of Health Care and Public Health” using short cycles of advanced training of full-time and distant forms of training of students.

Compliance with ethical standards. The study does not require the submission of an opinion of the biomedical ethics committee or other documents.

Contribution of the authors:
Buslaeva G.N. — concept and design of the study, writing the text, compiling a list of references, statistical data processing;
Polunin V.S. — text writing, statistical data processing, editing;
Opryshchenko S.A. — collection and processing of material.
All co-authors — approval of the final version of the article, responsibility for the integrity of all parts of the article.

Acknowledgment. The study had no sponsorship.

Conflict of interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Received: October 2, 2023 / Accepted: October 18, 2023 / Published: February 26, 2024