The structure of the model concerning formation of professional communication skills of Medical Universities’ foreign students

Abstract

The article researches the problem of an educational process modeling aimed at the formation of professional medical communication skills of foreign students. The concept of “learning model” is analyzed and basic principles of its construction are highlighted. It is determined that the structure of the model is formed by motivational-targeted, cognitive, technological, organizational-activity and control-effective components. The essence, goals, content, conditions of functioning of each structural component of the model are characterized, and the system-hierarchical nature of their interrelation and interaction is proved. The scientific and didactic potential of the components of the model and the trends of their use in learning activities have been clarified. The ways of implementing the model components in creating communication education programs and developing effective technologies for teaching foreign students professional medical speech are foreseen. The role of the presented educational model in the formation of communicative competencies of foreign medical students is substantiated.