Communication Aspects in Deontological Education of Medical Students in Ukraine: Traditional and Digital Learning Tools
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The paper analyses communication aspects of deontological education at Ukrainian medical universities through traditional and digital learning tools. Deontological education is defined as an interdisciplinary, structured, and anticipatory process aimed at developing deontological competence, involving the development of personal moral and ethical qualities and values, required to qualitatively accomplish professional duties in the branch of health care by adhering to the moral laws, ethical principles and rules of professional behavior. The analysis of documents, regulating legal, ethical, behavioral, research, and academic directions of Ukrainian medical education has defined, that deontological education is integrated into the content of the Core Curriculum and professional medical education programs. Its tasks are determined in the system of general and professional competencies, as well as learning outcomes in the specialty 222 Medicine. The comparative review of dynamic changes in the core curriculum and syllabi of obligatory and elective courses has enabled the conclusion that purposeful and anticipatory deontological education by means of traditional and digital learning tools increases the effectiveness of the academic process and quality of higher medical education. Certain learning objectives of deontological education are defined in elective courses directed at obtaining theoretical and practical deontological knowledge in moral philosophy, medical ethics, esthetics, and communication. The research confirms the significance of the systemic approach to the development of communication and ethical aspects of deontological education in the content of obligatory courses in the specialty 222 Medicine. The paper provides a detailed description of traditional and digital learning tools of deontological education through communication training. Performed research proves the effectiveness of the interdisciplinary anticipatory approach to deontological education resulting in the deontological competence of medical students, which includes the development of moral, ethical, and professional qualities, communication and interpersonal communication skills, and fluency in native and foreign languages for professional purposes. The application of digital learning tools, i.e., digital storytelling, has been determined as an effective communicative instrument of deontological education at medical universities.
Source: Education Modern Discourses
Authors: Nellia Nychkalo, Lyubov Gutor
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4408905388