"SYNERGY IN EDUCATION AND HEALTHCARE: WAYS TO IMPROVE THE TRAINING OF MEDICAL PERSONNEL"

On January 23, 2025, South Kazakhstan Medical Academy JSC hosted a round table on the topic: "Synergy in education and healthcare: ways to improve the training of medical personnel". The organizers of the round table are the Dean's Office of the Faculty of Medicine, the Dean's Office of Internship and graduate Employment, the Dean's Office of Residency, the Department of Scientific and Clinical Work, doctoral and Master's degrees, Center for Competence and Additional Professional Education and the management of JSC SKMA. More than 67 people took part in the round table, including representatives of the practical healthcare of Shymkent, Turkestan region and the management of SKMA JSC, as well as the teaching staff (offline) and representatives of the practical healthcare of Pavlodar, Kyzyl-Orda, North Kazakhstan and Atyrau regions (online).
The purpose of the round table - improving the quality of medical education through integration with science and practice in modern conditions, joint development of the OP taking into account the requests of employers and the needs of the labor market, as well as interaction on the employment of graduates.
The interaction of the university and employers is becoming an important indicator of the quality and reliability of the university's activities, one of the most important criteria for its competitiveness in the education and labor market.
The round table is a platform for the realization of opportunities:
• for employers: the opportunity to receive young professionals already prepared for practical work, participate in the process of their training and influence the quality of their training;
• for the academy: the opportunity to qualitatively organize the educational process and industrial practice, as well as further employment of the student.
The moderator of the round table was the vice-rector for «Educational- Methodical work», M.U.Anartaeva.
The round table with a preface was opened by the rector of JSC «SKMA», Zh.S. Seitzhanova. The next floor was given to the head of the Shymkent City Health Department, N.A. Asylbekov.
During the round table, the issues of improving educational programs for training specialists of different levels for practical healthcare and the competencies of graduates necessary for successful work, as well as the formats of interaction between practical healthcare and the academy, with the help of which they can be developed, were discussed.
The participants of the round table confirmed the relevance and significance of such events, expressed their high interest in further discussion of the issues outlined above and their willingness to cooperate with the Academy. They noted that one of the conditions for high-quality training of specialists is not just interaction, but close cooperation of the academy with employers, that is, the coordination of actions of all interested parties, the presence of mutual understanding between them and the desire to develop a common vision of the situation. Following the results of the round table, a resolution was adopted:
1. Constantly improve the implementation and updating of educational programs for Medicine, Pediatrics, Dentistry, Nursing, Public Health, Preventive medicine, Master's degree, doctoral studies with the participation of employers
2. Updating the catalog of elective subjects, taking into account the proposals of employers.
3. Adoption of the graduate training model for educational programs.
4. Conducting continuous monitoring of graduates' employment and ensuring close cooperation with employers in stimulating employment.
5. Approval of the missions of educational programs of Medicine, Pediatrics, Dentistry, Nursing, Public Health, Preventive Medicine, Master's degree, doctoral studies.
6. Compliance with professional standards in the preparation of new educational programs at the residency level.