Features of teaching clinical anatomy and operative surgery in modern conditions
The introduction of European standards in the training of competent, highly qualified specialists who are able to use the theoretical knowledge acquired in the learning process in practice, has led to increased requirements for the quality of their professional development. Clinical anatomy and operative surgery is a discipline that allows students to apply clinical thinking in practice, because only on the basis of knowledge about the anatomical features of the structure of a particular part of the human body can choose successful surgical treatment tactics. The aim of the work was to highlight the peculiarities of teaching clinical anatomy and operative surgery at the Department of Operative Surgery and Clinical Anatomy of I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University and ways to improve them in modern conditions. At the Department of Operative Surgery and Clinical Anatomy of I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University pays attention not only to the theoretical but also to the practical component of student training. Students independently conduct training operations on experimental animals, thus consolidating theoretical knowledge and gaining practical skills, learn to work in a team, perform other functional duties of members of the operating team, and in the postoperative period observe the body’s response to surgery. The transition of the educational process to the distance form with the introduction of the online platform Microsoft Teams made it possible to conduct classes in real time, and the use of an interactive method of business game allowed to ‘virtually’ conduct educational operations. The use of virtual and augmented reality technology gives students the opportunity to learn more about the subject, to gain experience to which they do not have access, especially in conditions of quarantine restrictions.