The process of forming clinical thinking in future doctors and profes-sional mistakes in modern medicine

Against the background of liberal health care reforms, the level of quality of medical care to the population of Russia continues to decline, which is associated with the number of cases of improper medical care. Conducted sociological stud-ies among employers, future and practicing doctors indicate a decrease in the pro-fessional competence of medical service providers. The "COVID-19" pandemic has shown the destructive effect of the results of the reforms on the domestic health care system, and first of all, on the higher medical school, where clinical thinking is «washed out» from the system of training future doctors.