Role and place of postgraduate education in the national doctors’ training system

Abstract

This article highlights the presented stages of medical education in Ukraine (6 years of university training to obtain qualification of Medical Doctor, 1-3 years of internship to obtain qualification of Doctor-Specialist and the additional training opportunity to improve the professional skills in clinical residency for about two years); the features of their post-graduate education at the present stage; characterized compulsory stage of primary specialization in one of the 30 specialtiesin a period of internship whichlasts from 1 to 3 years; presented peculiarities of the internship training process, especially given explanations about theoretical and practical parts of interns’ activity; the features of interns’ intermediate and final certification characterized; marked practical orientation of primary specialization and a mandatory list of practical skills needed to master; explained the possibilities of acquiring further qualifications in a particular specialty in clinical ordinary; noted the possibility of narrow specialty obtaining by specialization passing and the opportunity of some thematic improvement highlights;submitted a reform plan on postgraduate training, including decreasing internshipspecialties and medical residency introduction as a step acquisition specialization after the internship; characterized obligatory training for pre-certification and certification of passage to assign or confirm the medical qualification category at least once in five years.

Keywords

• continuous professional development; stages of medical education; postgraduate medical education in Ukraine.