The essence of students' vitality in the context of its reflexive determination.

OBJECTIVE: Aim: Theoretical analysis of the problem of the individual's vitality in the context of its reflective determination, an empirical study of the formation of its components, and the proof of correlations with various types of reflection. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Materials and Methods: The following psychodiagnostic methods were used in the empirical study: "Methodology of vitality diagnosis" by S. Maddi in an adaptation by D. Leontiev; test for determining the reflection of interpersonal interaction T. Pushkar in the modification of N. Senchyna; the method of research of reflexivity of thinking (T. Pashukova, A. Dopira, G. Dyakonov); the technique "Determining the level of reflection" (O. Anisimov); method "Determining the level of reflexivity" (A. Karpov, V. Ponomaryova). RESULTS: Results: It was established that the majority of students in both the first and fourth years have an average and low level of vitality. Vitality is directly connected to intellectual, personal, and situational reflection on a temporal basis; that is, the specified types of reflection are the leading determinants of vitality, which is statistically proven. CONCLUSION: Conclusions: The study showed the high importance of resilience for the full functioning of student youth in modern complex life conditions and its determination by the level of development of various types of reflection.

Innovative and interactive teaching methods as a means of optimizing the educational process of higher medical education.

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.