Prospects for the development of medical education will be discussed by specialists from ten countries at a conference in Vitebsk

November 2, Vitebsk / Sergei Kotovets - BELTA /. The V International Scientific and Practical Conference "Medical Education of the XXI Century" will be held on November 3-4 at the Vitebsk State Medical University with the participation of over 100 scientists and specialists from ten countries, the university informed a BELTA correspondent. Representatives of scientific and educational institutions from Russia, Ukraine, Germany, Bulgaria, Poland, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Georgia, as well as leading educational institutions of Belarus will gather in Vitebsk. For the first time, a delegation from the Argentine University of Maimonides, with which the Vitebsk university signed a cooperation agreement in the summer of 2009, will take part in the scientific forum. The event program includes a discussion of a wide range of issues on the problems and prospects for the development of medical and pharmaceutical education at the present stage. Leading specialists will present their views on innovative activities in medical education, quality management of the educational process, humanization and humanitarization of education. The focus of the conference participants will be on the organization of students' independent work in the context of innovative technologies, current issues of pre- and postgraduate training of doctors and pharmacists, and issues of military medical education and disaster medicine. The main objectives of the conference are to improve the quality of training for doctors and pharmacists, create a flexible higher education system that allows for flexible changes in the training structure, taking into account long-term forecasts for the development of the healthcare system and the pharmaceutical industry, and improve educational standards and curricula, taking into account the promising directions of higher medical school. In addition, holding a conference of this level will contribute to the integration of domestic higher medical education into the global educational system, the development of international cooperation and professional ties with countries of near and far abroad. The conference is dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Vitebsk State Order of Friendship of Peoples Medical University and the 50th anniversary of the university's Faculty of Pharmacy. A solemn meeting of the University Council dedicated to the significant dates will be held at the end of the first day of the conference on November 3, with the participation of numerous foreign delegations. The organizers of the scientific forum are the Ministry of Health of Belarus and the Vitebsk State Medical University. -0-