Self work is a form of management and self-management activity for students, whose main purpose is to consolidate, expand and deepen the knowledge, skills and abilities acquired during the classroom work process, as well as the independent study and mastering of new material. For the effective fulfillment of students self extracurricular work by the Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University all necessary conditions (library, reading room, computer classes, etc.) are created; teachers consult in educational and practical centers, which contains a list of practical skills in the relevant disciplines and provides an algorithm for their implementation. The organization of self extracurricular work is carried out in five stages: preparatory, theoretical, educational and practical; control; corrective.