SPECIAL CHEMICAL ABILITIES IN THE PROCESS OF ADAPTATION TO UNIVERSITY LEARNING ACTIVITIES OF JUNIOR MEDICAL STUDENTS

Abstract

The article analyzes the relationship between special chemical abilities and actual academic performance. The problem of students’ adaptation to studying at the medical university is considered. Subjective self-evaluative components of adaptation associated with the general emotional discomfort of students during their undergraduate studies are well investigated in modern scientific literature. At the same time, objective criteria of student success in the learning process, special abilities, rarely act as a subject of research in this context. It is special abilities that act as prerequisites for a student's success in mastering the material and high academic performance. The given research presents the data of an empirical study of the level of development of special chemical abilities in 2nd year students of the medical faculty of the Ryazan State Medical University and their relationship with actual academic performance and self-assessment components of adaptation – satisfaction with one’s success and interest in the learning process. It has been established that developed chemical abilities have a statistically pronounced relationship with a high level of student satisfaction with their academic success, as well as with high academic performance. The conclusion is made about the high importance of the development of chemical abilities in the medical students’ adaptation to studying at a university.