Problems of medical education in the context of a healthy lifestyle and rehabilitation of elderly patients

Abstract

This article analyzes pre- and postgraduate education by surveying 765 family doctors, local internists and hospital doctors from various regions of the Kyrgyz Republic (KR) with a total medical experience of 2 to 34 years on healthy lifestyles and rehabilitation of elderly patients. An analysis of the current State educational standard for higher professional education in the specialty “General Medicine” of medical universities of the Kyrgyz Republic is also presented in the context of teaching issues of healthy lifestyle and rehabilitation in gerontology and geriatrics. The importance of studying the principles of a healthy lifestyle and rehabilitation in geriatrics for the training of medical specialists and postgraduate education of doctors is considered, taking into account demographic trends and the needs of the aging population. The purpose of this analysis is to stimulate debate and develop strategies to improve the training of health workers in the field of geriatric rehabilitation in Kyrgyzstan.

Keywords

• healthy lifestyle
• rehabilitation
• gerontology
• geriatrics
• preand postgraduate education
• advanced training