Educational Program “Healthy Lifestyle University” for Medical Students’ Vocational Adjustment Development

Abstract

The paper describes the design and the essential results of a specially developed educational program “Healthy Lifestyle University”. This program can be viewed as an effective tool of medical students’ lifestyle monitoring as well as social and vocational position development. The program has been designed and implemented in Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, and successfully tested in the XI open public All-Russian competition of educational institutions of higher education (subordinate to the Ministry of HealthCare of the Russian Federation). The program was the winner in the category “Higher Education Institution of Healthy Lifestyle”. The essential educational components of the program, dedicated to dissemination of medical knowledges and fostering healthy lifestyle in medical students are disclosed in the article. The results of the survey reflect modern medical students’ modus vivendi and the concept of “healthy lifestyle” perceptions, as well as students’ troubles, needs and suggestions for further improvement of healthy lifestyle conditions, facilities and opportunities. These provide essential guidelines for further development of healthy and student-friendly university environment in Russia. The propagated healthy lifestyle set of values and attitudes contributes to vocational adjustment and vocational position formation, as well as personal and vocational selfreflection preparedness development of medical students.