CASE STUDY AS AN EXAMPLE OF INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO EDUCATION IN A HIGHER MEDICAL SCHOOL

Abstract

The article deals with the use of the case study method as an interactive teaching method in
higher medical education. Other interactive teaching methods that are used in higher education at the moment are
analyzed. The main interactive teaching methods include project methods, brainstorming, competitive and cooperative
groups, and practical stimulation training. The author describes the main stages of the case-study development
history, the areas of its application, the classification of the main types of this methodology and the main stages in the
work with this method. The essence of the method is revealed on the example of teaching the discipline "Psychiatry,
narcology". The main tasks solving the case method are shown, as well as justified expediency and efficiency of the
application of this innovative technique in the higher medical school, in the conditions of its reformation and integration into the international educational system. At the end of the article it is shown that the value of the case-
method is that it simultaneously reflects not only a practical problem, but also actualizes a certain complex of knowledge that needs to be mastered in solving this problem, and successfully combines educational, analytical and
educational activities that are definitely is active and effective in implementing the modern tasks of the education
system.