INTEGRATION OF THE RESOURCES OF THE EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT OF THE INSTITUTION OF HIGHER MEDICAL EDUCATION IN THE TRAINING OF FUTURE PHARMACISTS IN MEDICINE STANDARDIZATION

Abstract

The article, based on the analysis of scientists’ works, specifies the terms and concepts that are in scientific circulation to denote the informational component of the educational environment in Higher Medical (Pharmaceutical) Educational Establishments in Ukraine (‘hybrid cloud-oriented educational environment’, ‘educational and information environment,’ ‘computer-mediated educational (educational) environment,’ ‘informational and educational (or purely educational) environment,’ ‘information environment,’ etc.). It has been found that while studying the pedagogical aspects of teaching the standardization of pharmaceuticals of future masters of pharmacy in Higher Medical (Pharmaceutical) Educational Establishments, it is advisable to apply the concept of ‘educational and informational environment’ with an emphasis on the primary educational function of this process. The study provides the author’s approach to the interpretation of the concept of the ‘educational and informational environment of Higher Medical (Pharmaceutical) Educational Establishment’ seen as a complex of interconnected conditions for the implementation of a safe and effective educational process, which involves dynamic and purposeful educational interaction of its participants based on the use of information and communication technologies and computers computer-mediated training tools to form integral, general and professional competences in future specialists in the field of health care. Based on the data drawn from the online interviews of full-time and part-time students of the Faculty of Pharmacy of Bogomolets National Medical University (a total of 146 people), it was substantiated that the educational opportunities ensured by the use of the educational and informational environment of Higher Medical (Pharmaceutical) Educational Establishment for training the future masters of pharmacy in standardization of pharmaceuticals will be most effectively used under the condition of combining information obtained through the electronic resources and services, in particular, the Moodle platform; electronic training course on the discipline; environments for performing practical tasks; social networks illustrated by the use of the university department’s Facebook page as the example, Google Meet service, etc.