STUDENT SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION OF FUTURES DENTISTS

Abstract

The history of medicine shows how society changed its approach to diseases and ailments from ancient times to modern times. Universities began to systematically train doctors from about 1220 AD. in Italy, it was from those times that the first associations of doctors began to emerge. Today, in higher educational institutions, in particular, medical ones, student scientific circles are organized. The Sudent Scientific Society and their scientific research works are one of the most important means of improving the quality of training of specialists in higher education, which provides areas of scientific, methodical, organizational content, which ensures the training of all students in the skills of scientific research in accordance with the chosen specialty within the educational process. Student scientific circles and problem groups are created precisely to solve the set tasks. These scientific associations are created at the departments of the faculties and are the initial form of mastering the skills of scientific research by future specialists. In its activity, the circle and the circles themselves are guided by the principles of equality of circle members, self-governance, openness and transparency of activity, organic connection of research work with the educational process. For the successful professional training of highly qualified specialists in the new socio-economic conditions, the personality of the student, the ability to make independent decisions and their further implementation acquire primary importance. Learning becomes person-oriented. The main task of education in Ukraine at the current stage is compliance with the standards of highly developed countries and the achievement of results that will demonstrate competitiveness in a single professional world space. Medical education should provide high-quality training of medical workers, who are obliged not only to master a specialty, but also to possess professional competencies, actively engage in scientific activities, and constantly improve themselves. Research work (R&D) of students is a component of professional training, which involves teaching students research methodology and methods, as well as systematic participation in research activities, the application of technologies and creative skills to solve certain scientific tasks.