THE ORGANIZATION OF MEDICAL EDUCATION IN ELISAVETGRAD REGION IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE XIX CENTURY

Abstract

The article reveals the history of the origin and organization of educational institutions for the training of medical workers in Elisavetgrad region in the second half of the XIX century. It was found that the history of medical education was a prominent page in the history of Elisavetgrad region of the pre-revolutionary period. In medical schools, in particular in the Elisavetgrad Medical and Surgical School (1787-1797), which was one of the best medical institutions in the Russian Empire and the first higher medical school in the empire of the historical period, which used original approaches to the educational process, effectively solved educational problems. The aims of the article are to reveal the history of the origin and organization of educational institutions for the training of medical workers in Elisavetgrad region in the second half of the XIX century. The publication uses a historical-retrospective method, which allows a retrospective analysis of the history of Elisavetgrad Medical and Surgical School in the study period and highlights its contribution to the development of medical education in the region. Historiographical review of the problem revealed that there are currently no scientific studies that would systematically and fully analyze the historiography of medical education in Elisavetgrad in the period under study, so the development of medical education in the second half of the nineteenth century needs further study. Analysis and systematization of research on this issue has further development. The accumulated experience of regional medical education in the outlined historical period can be useful at the stage of revival and development of medical education in Ukraine.