Protopopov A.A.

The article considers innovative methods used in the pre-university education at Saratov State Medical University and directed to the modernization of educational program. It points out that competence-based approach includes the following components — problem teaching and adaptive system, heuristic teaching, personal approach to teaching, computerization, distant education technologies and integration-module technology

The important problem of higher professional education is preparation of specialists possessing skills in high technology equipment. Problem realization is directed to interdisciplinary educational research works and complex final qualifying works on for example working out of pharmaceutical preparations, biologically active additives to food and cosmetic means. The given work includes step-by-step decision of the problem put before students and it should be analogical relevant to dissertations on specialty «pharmacy». From the point of view of methodological approach concerning the choice of candidature and work theme the following categories of students according to their progress and type of personality are allocated: «stars», «fellow travelers» and «good students». On this basis various methodological approaches for work with «stars», «fellow travelers» and «good students» are considered in the article

The analysis of psycho-autonomic status, urodynamics of lower urinary tract, the character of family education in children with various courses of primary night enuresis (PNE) was made. 198 children with PNE and 36 healthy children who formed the control group were examined. It was found out that children with PNE were observed to have detrusion-sphincter dissynergy and inadequate family education; the severity of enuresis correlated with the severity of minimal brain dysfunctions. Peculiarities of autonomic regulation in children with primary nocturnal enuresis were caused by stable increase of the parasympathetic nervous system tonus and decrease of the sympathetic nervous system tonus, the severity of the both increasing with the increase of the disease severity

The description of investigation of predisposition to potential danger of collapse complications at 429 first-year students during physical training is presented using the analysis of pulse wave form. With the help of developed device the group of students with predisposition to risk of collapse complications during physical activity has been revealed. The results of clinical examination have confirmed the predisposition of the given group to risk of collapse complications

The article presents the experience of departments and teaching staff rating at Saratov Medical University. Rating evaluation was carried out according to the criteria proposed by the staff and approved by the Quality and Rating Committee of the University. The rating evaluation is a type of quantitative and qualitative monitoring of teachers' activities and departments, which can be combined with other evaluating methods used in high schools

The article gives close attention to the experience of Department of Hospital Therapy concerned with the organisation of the first step post-diploma education of interns who are trained at the Clinical Department of Internal Diseases

Temperature reaction of distant phalanges in the case of the occlusive test has been registered. It has been revealed that the temperature reaction on the occlusive test for the group of patients with disturbances of vessel tone regulation differs from the reaction of norm group. Possible influence of vessel regulation state and volumetric blood supply on the skin temperature dynamics has been estimated. Diagnostic ability of the temperature occlusive test has been investigated

2008 academic year is marked by the introduction of educational and methodological complex into the academic process at Saratov State Medical University. The first experience of its functionality at pediatric faculty is characterized in the article. It contributes to improving of educational process, methodological and informational systems, coordination of the process of teaching. It promotes the further development of extra curriculum work of staff and control of the quality of students' training

In this article the authors demonstrate the results of use the contemporary forms of students’ self-work organization.

Russia’s joint to "Bologna process" sets definition of main points in innovative and integrative processes as an object for academic community. The aim of all applied innovations is to improve education quality and deep integration to European educational space. Modular principle of teaching at profile chair of pediatric faculty, presented in the article, permits to raise students' motivation in educational process; to improve formation of final-year students' professional competence by means of optimization class workand self-study.