[The impact of public organizations on development of professional qualification of medical workers].

The professional development of personnel is one of highest priority task of development of both medicine as science and health system as mechanism protecting health of citizens. The public organizations are professional communities of medical specialists specializing in particular sectors of medicine that actively participate in implementation of educational measures and other initiatives targeted to support opportunities for professional growth and improving competence level of participants of these communities. The article considers examples of such initiatives as exemplified by foreign and Russian public organizations of pulmonologists and dentists.