PROS AND CONS OF DISTANCE LEARNING FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS UNDER QUARANTINE CONDITIONS

Abstract

The pandemic of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) had a significant impact on the social life of medical students, which contributed to the active use of distance learning technologies. Distance learning – “a synthetic, integrated humanistic form of learning based on the use of a wide range of traditional and new information technologies and their technical means, which are used to present educational material, its independent study, dialogue between a lecturer and a student, and the learning process, in the general case, is uncritical to their location in space and time, as well as to a specific educational institution. Existing technologies of distance learning through the use of modern digital platforms, high-quality content of educational web resources, the introduction of an effective know­ledge quality control system give us the opportunity to adapt to new realities of the educational process and ensure consistently high quality of postgraduate medical education. This article presents a system of scientific ideas, mechanisms, advantages and disadvantages of distance (remote) learning in medical institution.