“LIFELONG LEARNING” PRINCIPLE IN PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE FORMING PROCESS OF FUTURE DENTISTS

Abstract

There is a crisis of classical idea and
educational model in Ukraine, caused by
significant changes in country at the end of XX
beginning of XXI centuries. It has followed to
break off between deeply changed conditions of
society’s lifestyle and educational system. Due to
this, the necessity of educational system
modernisation was arised. The new competentive
model in professional training was proposed and
introduced in Europe and in Ukraine. One of the
most important principle of it is the “lifelong
learning”. It must provide increasing of
professional level in specialists during all period
of professional activity. Such important changes
the medical educational system also was
concerned.
In the article the process of professional
competence forming in future dentists among
native and foreign students аnd introduction in
modern medical education the “lifelong learning”
principle is considered. There were 721 future
dentists (481 students,114 foreign among them
and 235 interns) took part in the investigation. The
readiness of future specialists for the increasing
the educational level during all period of
professional activity is researched. The results
show the necessity to force the student’s motivation
for understanding and accepting of this principle.