PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OF FUTURE YOUNGER MEDICAL SPECIALISTS AS A PSYCHOLOGIST IS A PEDAGOGICAL PROBLEM

Abstract

The analysis of recent researches and publications in the writings of scientists testifies to the
importance of studying the problem of forming the professional competence of a junior medical specialist. In the article
some approaches of researchers to definition of «professional competence» is considered on the basis of which the lack
of unity of thoughts concerning definition of these concepts was revealed. Also, the author analyzed the concepts of
«specialty», «profession», which are close in content and pointed out four types of professional competence, based on
domestic teachers A.Markova and E.Zeer and presented the components of general professional competence offered
by these same scientists. It was found that the problem of professional competence was developed in pedagogical and
psychological studies from different positions.
From the interpretation of «professional competence» by various scholars, the author of the article pointed out
that «professional competence» is somewhat narrower concept, that is, it acts as one of the structural units of
professional competence. The analysis of different approaches to the definition of «professional competence» allowed
to distinguish four main professional qualities of a junior medical specialist, which influence the effectiveness of the
activity and the success of its mastery. The author presented the content of the concept of «professional competence»
and the determination of the professional competence of physicians by different scientists in the tables. On the basis of
the considered concepts, the author finds out that the professional competence of the future junior medical specialist formed in the process of training is an initial basis, which ensures its effective work in the workplace, but requires the
development of competence throughout all professional activities.