THE FORMATION OF MEDICAL STUDENTS’ RESEARCH SKILLS IN TEACHING PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH
THE FORMATION OF MEDICAL STUDENTS’ RESEARCH SKILLS IN TEACHING PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH

Summary/Abstract: The mastery of research methods, the ability to understand effectively English medical terminology, to quickly process and analyze new information, use it productively for optimal treatment of patients provide increased competitiveness of family physicians. The article focuses on the diagnostics of the future family doctors’ research skills using testing methods and expert assessment of the level (high, medium, low). Among the main research skills of medical students, we have identified such as formation of purpose, hypothesis, choice of effective methods; analysis of sources, systematization of scientific information; organization of the experiment; conversations with scientists; argumentation; generalization of the results; presenting the new research results; analysis of positive and negative experience; characteristics of the individual difficulties in organizing the experiment. The assessment followed by the formation of these skills was organized on the basis of Cherkasy Medical Academy and Odessa National Medical University. In addition, a system of tasks for the formation of students’ research skills in teaching professional medical terminology in English is presented. The future family physicians were involved in different kinds learning activities that were aimed at expanding their knowledge of medical terminology and mastering research skills in the educational component “English for Professional Purposes”, and involved working in the student research laboratory and student science club.

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