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OBJECTIVE: Introduction: The public need prompts the modern school to find new ideas and technologies, to share and adopt the advanced pedagogical experience. Achieving the ultimate goal of the educational process in universities is training of highly qualified and competitive specialists in health care. The aim of the study is to assess the results of using the innovative and interactive teaching methods implemented in the national system of higher medical education. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Materials and methods: Official documents; the academic studies of leading Ukrainian scientists-pedagogues; textbooks and manuals on pedagogy, the results of our own pedagogical practice. CONCLUSION: Conclusions: The widespread adoption of digital technologies into the educational process at clinical and theoretical departments of medical universities significantly simplifies the assimilation of the disciplines, optimizes and generalizes the results of the educational process. The innovative path of education development is a "social elevator" that raises people to higher levels of social development.