ANALYSIS OF MEDICAL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' OPINIONS ON TEAMWORK AND TEAM INTERACTION

Abstract

Background. The need to develop team skills in medical students is due to their importance for the successful performance of professional duties. However, despite the high importance of teamwork, modern students are not sufficiently prepared for team interaction. Purpose: to analyze the ideas of medical students about teamwork and to propose methods that contribute to the development of team skills. Materials and methods. The study was conducted in three stages. A total of three focus groups were interviewed, each consisting of 14 fourth-year students majoring in General Medicine at KrasSMU. The discussions were recorded on audio and then transcribed for subsequent analysis. The method of thematic analysis was used to process the data. Based on the discussions in the focus groups, we compiled test tasks. The survey involved 102 fourth-year students majoring in General Medicine, of which 42 were focus group participants and 60 were students from medical universities in Russia. The practical part of the study used the focus group method, analysis of psychological and pedagogical materials, and the method of processing experimental data. Results. A contradiction was found between the requirements for medical university graduates in terms of knowledge, skills and abilities in teamwork and the level of focus of future doctors on team interaction. 21.43% of medical university students correctly understand the content of teamwork and only 7% know all the principles of team interaction; 90% of students confuse teamwork with group work. At the same time, medical university students have a correct understanding of the main characteristics of teamwork in various interaction situations. The need to introduce teamwork principles into the learning process at a medical university led to the development of practice-oriented training sessions with elements of training work. Criteria for the focus of medical university students on interaction when performing team learning tasks have been developed: emotional intelligence, the ability to unite, effective communication in a team, and the manifestation of collective creativity.

Keywords

• teamwork
• team interaction
• interactive teaching methods
• training