ON THE QUESTION OF NON-FORMAL EDUCATION OF PROFESSIONALS IN THE FIELD OF HEALTH CARE (ON THE EXAMPLE OF CORPORATE TRAINING)

Abstract

The review article analyzes some aspects of the problem of non-formal corporate education of the professionals in the field of health care. The necessity of introduction of corporate collaboration in the field of professional development of doctors and medical workers is determined. The tasks that need to be solved are identified: qualified awareness of those responsible for the provision of modern medical services; outdated infrastructure of organization and provision of medical services to various categories of the adults; insufficient funding for medical innovations. It is generalized the understanding of corporate collaboration as a process of cooperation, collaboration, joint activity (interaction) of two or more elements of the socio-economic system, based on information exchange and self-study, and its result is to achieve a synergistic effect on given parameters. It was found that the content of training programs should take into account a number of key aspects of adult education:conducting trainings, short-term courses for the effective acquisition of new knowledge and the formation of relevant skills. It is time now to develop a procedure, mechanisms for evaluation, recognition of the results of training of medical staff in non-formal education. It is proved that since under the influence of dynamic globalization processes taking place in the world, the non-formal corporate medical education as a component of adult education acquires specific features, it is expedient to radically change the field of corporate education of doctors and health workers, transform it into the format of non-formal adult education, which is now implemented not only in the traditional classroom, but also in distance and blended forms of learning, and that, among other benefits, provides funds savings, greater access to learning and more.

Key words: adult education; non-formal education; corporate education; professional development; collaboration; medical workers; health care.