CURRENT CHALLENGES FOR THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM DUE TO THE LACK OF MEDICAL STAFF AND THE CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF DOCTORS.

OBJECTIVE: The aim: Research of the ways of adequate solving of problems with understuffed healthcare system and problems with continuous professional development of doctors. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Materials and methods: We have used a official statistical data for the period from 2009-2020 years. This data was analyzed with usage of systemic approach and statistical epidemiological analysis. RESULTS: Results: According to the data from Ministry of Health of Ukraine during the first year of the pandemic (2020) the quantity of our doctors has diminished by 6.9 thousands, and quantity of nurses - by 22,5 thousands which is much bigger deficit then in period of 2018-2019 years. The insufficiency of pediatric doctors in Ukraine has reached 1000 vacancies, general physicians - 1700, family doctors - more than 3000 vacancies, surgeons - more than 950 vacancies. It is also important to involve medical experts and medical associations and unions in the process of accreditation and licensing of providers of continuous medical education. CONCLUSION: Conclusions: Existing deficit of medical personnel should be replenished by increasing of medical education of students in medical universities and colleges funded by government. Existing system of continuous professional development of doctors requires a lot of changes (additional activities, new technologies) which must be implied with the help of professional medical associations and unions.

Distance learning technologies in online and mixed learning in pre-professional education of medical lyceum students

COVID-19 has excited the established system of teaching in educational institutions, as learning with the help of distance electronic technologies became the main method of teaching curricula during the forced self-isolation. This problem was very acutely identified for medical high school students when they switched to e-learning with the help of ZOOM and Skype Internet technologies. After six weeks of learning in an online environment and six weeks of hybrid learning, a questionnaire-based feedback study was carried out to examine the perception of this type of learning among high school students and teachers of the medical high school. The data were analyzed using standard statistical software. The group of respondents were 120 students and 15 teachers of the medical profile lyceum. Based on the respondents' answers, the main advantages and disadvantages of online learning were identified. In terms of learning efficiency, i.e., acquisition and assimilation of new knowledge,no significant statistical difference was observed between online learning and face-to-face (p = 0.46). In terms of improving practical skills (p < 0.001) and social competencies (p < 0.001), online learning was less effective than face-to-face learning. During online classes, students reported decreased self-activity incomparison with face-to-face classes (p < 0.001). E-learning was considered to be convenient by 80% of respondents. E-learning is a strong tool for pre-professional training of medical high school students. However, a well-thought-out strategy is required for the successful introduction of online learning into the curriculum, a certain restructuring of the educational process, and an active approach to innovation. © 2021 Journal of Advanced Pharmacy Education & Research ;Published by SPER Publication. All Rights Reserved.

Perfecting detection through education.

INTRODUCTION: Radiologists' image reading skills vary, such variations in image interpretations can influence the effectiveness of the early treatment of disease and may have important clinical and economic implications. In screening mammography, clinical audits are used to assess radiologists' performance annually, however, the nature of these audits prevent robust data analysis due to the low prevalence of breast cancer and the long waiting periods for the audit results. Research-based evidence revealed a need for changes in the methods utilised to optimise the assessment of the efficacy of radiologists' interpretations. METHODS: A cloud-based platform was developed to assess and enhance radiologists' performance help reduce variability in medical image interpretations in a research environment; however, to address a number of limitations, the platform was commercialised to make it available worldwide. RESULTS: DetectED-X's team have been able to make their cloud-based platform available worldwide, tailored to the needs of radiologists and accredited for continuing medical/professional education; thus, changing the continuous professional development practice globally. CONCLUSION: DetectED-X's Rivelato, was developed to address a need for effective, available and affordable educational solutions for clinicians and health care workers wherever they are located. A true fusion of industry, academia, clinics and consumer to adapt to the growing needs of clinicians' around the world, the latest being COVID-19 global pandemic. DetectED-X repurposed its platform to educate physicians around the world on the appearances of COVID-19 on Lung Computed Tomography scans, introducing CovED to clinicians worldwide free of charge as a multi-national consortium of collaboration to help fight COVID-19, showing how research-based evidence can create effective and scalable change globally.