CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NURSING: CURRENT STATE AND PROSPECTS (ON THE EXAMPLE OF ZHYTOMYR MEDICAL INSTITUTE ZHRC)

Purpose: the purpose of the study is the state of implementation of educational programs and the process of assessing the quality of postgraduate education within the framework of BPR. Materials and methods. The study was conducted at the Center for Continuous Professional Development of the Zhytomyr Medical Institute (BPR ZhMI). Used methods: bibliosemantic, testing, interviews in focus groups, mathematical, system analysis and logical generalization. The results. The BPR center of the media actively implements modern models and methods focused on the needs of medical workers. Among innovative approaches, an educational and training center, a training and resource center, as well as specialized offices and laboratories have been created. Modern educational platforms using information technologies are being implemented. There is active international cooperation in educational activities, in particular at the level of postgraduate education. The results of the test of knowledge control at the beginning of the courses and at the end of the training among 171 students of advanced training courses in the specialty “Nursing” confirm the sufficiently high quality results of the educational process in postgraduate education within the framework of BPR in ZMI. Test control of knowledge and skills in postgraduate education courses showed an increase in the qualitative indicator of qualification by 27.0 %, as well as an increase in the number of correct answers from 67.7 % to 94.6 %. Conclusions: The integration of the latest technologies in continuous professional development in postgraduate medical education using input and output control of knowledge, combined with focus group interviews, are important tools for creating an effective, targeted and quality professional development process that ensures the relevance of knowledge and skills to modern international standards and needs of the healthcare industry.