OCCUPATIONAL PURPOSE CONTEXT OF TEACHING CHEMISTRY TO THE FUTURE PROFESSIONALS IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL SPHERE

• Main Author: Тетяна Рева
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Drohobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University 2017-04-01
• Series: Людинознавчі студії: Серія Педагогіка
• Subjects: навчання хімії; вивчення хімії; професійна підготовка майбутніх провізорів; професійна компетентність фахівця фармацевтичної галузі
• Online Access: http://lssp.dspu.edu.ua/article/view/98635

The article consolidates the information sources and identifies the urgent tasks for training future professionals of the pharmaceutical sector of healthcare system in the realities of the reform in higher medical education in Ukraine. It has been justified that the improvement the content of teaching Chemistry to the future pharmaceutists in higher medical educational establishments (medical HEEs) is to be carried out through the development of a domestic pharmaceutical production of pharmaceutical drugs and medical equipment in order to overcome import dependence of the domestic market of medicines. In this article there have been used the methods of theoretical analysis to consolidate the information sources on the development of the national healthcare system in the contemporary realities of the reform of modern higher pharmaceutical education in Ukraine; empirical methods (observation, experiment) to determine the optimal didactic provision of teaching of chemical sciences to the future pharmaceutists in domestic medical HEEs. The author has proved that the learning process of teaching chemistry to the future pharmaceutical sector experts of healthcare system of Ukraine is supposed to ensure the quality of training of qualified personnel, be based on the continuous improvement of the content and implementation of new technologies and forms of Chemistry subjects-related education, along with being focused on the European educational standards and Eurointegration of higher pharmaceutical education of Ukraine. The article outlines and justifies the didactic basics of teaching Chemistry to students of pharmaceutical faculties of medical HEEs to comply with the current level of medical science, to consider, in terms of content provision, innovations in the development of pharmaceutical drugs and their testing results, expertise of compliance with the conditions of storage and use. The author has specified the theoretical and practical aspects of the study of disciplines in Chemistry by the future pharmaceutists, namely, Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Physical and Colloid Chemistry, being regarded as the basis of the acquisition of professional competencies. In the author’s opinion, didactic provision of teaching of Chemistry disciplines to the future pharmaceutists is supposed to be relevant to the current level of pharmaceutical science and be based on the cross-curriculum integration.