Formation of the system of postgraduate medical education in Russia.

In Russia, the organization of continuing medical education (CME) is being formed, the task of which was to provide medical workers with up-to-date information and the opportunity to master modern technologies to improve the quality of medical care. The process of formation of the organization of continuing medical education (CME) in Russia is considered. The purpose of the study: to analyze the process of formation of a system of advanced training of doctors. Materials and methods. The problem-chronological, analytical methods and the method of scientific generalization are used. Results: from the middle of the XIX century, the development of advanced training of medical personnel at Russian universities and large medical institutions began, at the turn of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, compulsory continuous professional education of doctors was formed. In 1930, the Central Institute for Advanced Training of Doctors and Health Care Organizers was opened in Moscow. Since 1977, the first in the USSR Faculty of Additional Professional Education has been created at the Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, and the CME Portal has been organized. In 1999, the Institute for Advanced Training of Doctors of the Ministry of Health of Chuvashia was organized. As of 2017, advanced training of doctors was carried out in 68 state divisions of the Russian Federation. A specialist with higher medical and pharmaceutical education is allowed to the next periodic accreditation at least once every 5 years during the entire labor activity, who has been trained on a cycle of 144 hours. Conclusion. In Russia, there is a modern system of advanced training of doctors within the framework of continuous medical and pharmaceutical education, which improves the quality of therapeutic and preventive medical care, creating conditions for maximum participation of workers in the development of all sectors of the Russian national economy. Scope of the results. The use of the analysis of the formation of the CME process in order to further improve the advanced training of doctors and the provision of medical care to the population of Russia.