FEATURES OF COMMUNICATIVE TOLERANCE OF VSMU MEDICAL STUDENTS

Objectives. To study the communicative tolerance (CT) of the medical faculty students of VSMU and to analyze its gender differences and dynamic characteristics. Material and methods. We examined 616 students of the medical faculty. These included the second-year students - 386 persons (117 boys and 269 girls), as well as the sixth-year students - 230 subjects (46 boys and 184 girls). The study of communicative tolerance was carried out using the methodology of V.V. Boyko «Diagnosing communicative tolerance». Results. The students demonstrated the predominance of the average level of the scale indicators and the degree of tolerance, which is considered to be optimal. The dynamics of the indicators of the levels of the scales and the degree of tolerance indicates a decrease in the quality of CT in the process of studying at VSMU. The identified patterns are most typical for young men. Conclusions. The revealed general, gender and dynamic features of CT of the second- and the sixth-year students prove the need to form within the framework of the educational process, the communicative competence of future doctors, an important component of which is CT. The increase in CT can be ensured through the qualitative mastering of such academic disciplines as «Biomedical ethics and communication in health care» (the first year of studies) and «Professional communication in medicine» (the sixth year of studies) by medical students.