The Role of Higher Educational Institutions in the Training of Physician Specialists for the Management of Tuberculosis

The training of a specialist doctor, to one degree or another, competent in modern phthisiology plays the role of one of the cornerstones of a successful medical reform of phthisiology. Despite new achievements in diagnosis and treatment, the issue of combating tuberculosis (TB) remains extremely relevant. A new understanding and vision of this process is the need to create interdisciplinary teams of teachers for the integrated teaching of comorbid pathologies in the study of phthisiology, even in the conditions of undergraduate and, therefore, postgraduate education. After all, a patient with TB is a whole «bouquet» of ailments that requires a very careful attitude in terms of preventing potential.Orientation of European Integration of Ukraine requires changes not only foreign political vectors and in the basis points of understanding of society. Delegating a significant percentage of the functions of care a patient with tuberculosis to family medicine, requires the formation of a cohort of professionals operating the basic specifications and technologies, which until now were the preference of a narrow field - phthisiology. In response to today’s challenges, it is important, in our opinion, to train specialists from all branches of medicine involved in the process of diagnosing, treating, and preventing tuberculosis. Medical education cannot exist separately from practice. The patient is not a test that is enough to solve to get a certificate. A doctor’s work with a sick person is painstaking, tiring work that requires a lot of effort. How not to lose a patient, where to take medicine, what to do with internally displaced persons, how to prevent diseases and thousands more questions that need to be responded to in a timely manner and have a quality answer. Because the possibility of achieving ambitious goals in the future depends on the competence of the doctor today. This is a world free from tuberculosis.The aim of the article — to substantiate the special role of higher medical education institutions in Ukraine in training specialists equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary for tuberculosis control, taking into account trends related to modern social demands and needs.