PHYSICAL HEALTH OF STUDENTS AND DIGITALIZATION OF HIGHER MEDICAL EDUCATION: RISK FACTORS.

OBJECTIVE: The aim: To study the dynamics of gadget use by higher education students of the Bogomolets National Medical University and to assess technological impact on the physical health of students. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Materials and methods: To accomplish the tasks set using theoretical and experimental methods of scientific research: systematic analysis, comparison and generalization of the bibliosemantic method, questionnaires, and interviews with students. Quantitative data collected during the survey of students studying in the «Dentistry¼, «Pediatrics¼, «Medicine¼, «Pharmacy, Industrial Pharmacy¼, «Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy¼, and «Medical Psychology¼ specialties were processed using the MedCalc statistical software, and there was carried out comparative analysis afterwards. RESULTS: Results: During the quarantine and martial law, medical university students were forced to study distantly or in a mixed format using various gadgets and computers. It is obvious that the physical condition of a person is affected by the duration of their use of various devices. In this paper, therefore, the risks and the researched dynamics of gadget use by higher education students of the Bogomolets National Medical University were identified. Thus, the technological impact on the physical health of students was also defined. Moreover, the data based on the results of height and weigh calculation of higher education students, which used to diagnose types of obesity by anthropometric indicators, were also collected. CONCLUSION: Conclusions: According to the results of the research, it was established that the students of the Bogomolets National Medical University spent a significant part of their study time sitting in the classroom or at the computer (40 hours weekly average). We found that in the process of distance learning, prolonged sitting at a PC or other gadget (as well as general sedentary lifestyle) has affected the female higher education students majoring in 222 «Medicine¼ course their body mass index. The time spent using gadgets both in the educational and non-formal education (self-education) processes has increased significantly. We attribute this fact to the emergence of a significant number of online educational resources in the public domain, the growing number of webinars, trainings, and master classes conducted by both domestic and foreign experts online.

SIMULATION TRAINING AND VIRTUAL PATIENTS AS A COMPONENT OF CLASSROOM TRAINING OF FUTURE DOCTORS UNDER COVID-19 CONDITIONS.

OBJECTIVE: The aim: To present and substantiate the theoretical and applied aspects of the organization of simulation training for higher education applicants in the field of health care based on the analysis and generalization of the experience of the Bogomolets National Medical University. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Materials and methods: To perform the set tasks, the following theoretical and empirical methods of scientific research were used: system analysis; comparison and generalization; bibliosemantic method; the analysis and simulation methods. RESULTS: Results: The experience of organizing simulation training for higher education students in the field of health care was analyzed and summarized. There have been investigated the functional capabilities of the most common "virtual patient" modeling systems for the formation of the practical component of the future doctors' professional competence. Finally, the features of the organization of the educational process at a medical university in classroom, mixed (classroom-distance) and synchronous (hybrid) forms of education during the period of quarantine restrictions have been described. CONCLUSION: Conclusions: A technology for conducting an objective structured practical (clinical) exam has been developed. It helps to standardize the procedure for checking the level formation of the clinical professional competence of a future doctor in accordance with the requirements the standard of higher medical education. It is shown that the use of simulation training and modeling systems "virtual patient" in the preparation of future healthcare professionals increases the effectiveness of training, the interest of students and interns, motivating them to develop the necessary components of the future doctor's professional competence.

ANALYSIS OF MEDICINAL PROVISION OF PATIENTS WITH ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION IN HOSPITAL CONDITIONS.

OBJECTIVE: The aim: The aim of the study was to study drug consumption in pharmacotherapy of arterial hypertension in a hospital setting. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Materials and methods: In the course of work medical cards of patients of the Kyiv regional Cardiac Dispensary in the conditions of inpatient treatment were used. Methods such as: questionnaire, pharmacoeconomic, expert assessments were used. RESULTS: Results: One of the main issues of drug supply for the population, in particular for patients with arterial hypertension, is the study of the demand and consumption of drugs. The drugs used to treat hypertension belong to different pharmacotherapeutic groups and are used in the treatment of a number of other diseases. Recent years of development of the domestic pharmaceutical market are characterized by an increase in the number of these drugs. CONCLUSION: Conclusions: One of the main issues of drug supply for the population, in particular for patients with arterial hypertension, is the study of the demand and consumption of drugs. As a result of the study, an analysis of the range of drugs for the treatment of hypertension, a comparative study of the market of offers and prices for the treatment of hypertension was carried out.