Promoting professional mediсal career in schoolchildren

The objective of the study is to provide a brief overview of the forms and means of career guidance in medical specialties. The objectives of the study were: to study the technologies and formats of modern career guidance, including the principles of educational career guidance; a brief analysis of career guidance practices of medical educational institutions (medical classes, pre-universities, small medical academies, scientific and practical conferences, olympiads, competitions, courses, research, club activities, etc.). The hypothesis of the study is the assumption that the activation and updated forms of specialized medical orientation and pre-professional training will contribute to the early identification of schoolchildren’s professional interest and orientation towards medicine, and will form their readiness to study at a professional educational institution. Research methods: study of scientific and pedagogical literature and Internet resources, generalization, survey of schoolchildren.

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