Ensuring the Effectiveness and Quality of Modern Professional Development Programs for Medical Workers: the Experience of Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education

Objective of the Review: to determine the criteria for the effectiveness and quality of modern educational programs, the choice of advanced training programs by medical professionals within the framework of personal and professional growth in the formation of an individual educational trajectory. Key Points. Additional professional training programs ensure the updating of professional standards in the context of changing goals, content, technologies, regulatory support of professional activity in a particular field, and also take into account the qualification requirements specified in the qualification reference books for the relevant positions and specialties. Educational programs must meet strict requirements: be relevant, modern, practice-oriented, methodically and scientifically sound. Conclusion. The formation of the educational trajectory of a medical specialist and the choice of advanced training programs should be based on the quality criteria of both individual educational programs and the educational process as a whole: compliance with the federal state educational standard in the specialty, professional standard in the specialty/position, clinical recommendations and their evidence base. The quality of training of a medical specialist increases many times when the content of the educational program is supported by a specialized interdisciplinary educational event. Training and advanced training of medical workers should be carried out in medical educational organizations with qualified teaching staff, full-fledged logistical and methodological support, as well as their own bases of practical (clinical) training. Keywords: doctor, additional professional education, continuous professional development, professional development program, educational event, Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education.