Сomparative characteristics of creativity of pedagogical and medical universities students

The article presents a comparative analysis of the results of the study of future pediatricians (96 3rd year students of OmSMU) and educational psychologists' (76 3rd year students of OmSPU) creativity. The methods used for the analysis were the following “Diagnostics of personal creativity” (E.E. Tunik), “Definition of social creativity of the individual” (A.V. Batarshev), “Self-assessment of the creative potential of the individual” (N.P. Fetiskin, V.V. Kozlov, G.M. Manuylov), “Nonverbal creativity level diagnostics” (E.P. Torrance). The purpose of the study was to determine and compare the features of creativity of pedagogical and medical universities students. The analysis of the results showed that students have a high level of nonverbal creativity, an average level of personal creativity and self-esteem of creative potential, and social creativity is slightly above the average level. Medical students have a higher level of social creativity compared to pedagogical students, and personal creativity, on the contrary, is lower. In addition, such parameters of personal creativity as imagination and complexity are statistically significantly higher for future psychologists; there are no significant differences in the parameters of curiosity and risktaking. Differences in self-assessment of creative potential among students of pedagogical and medical universities are insignificant.