Information competence formation in international medical students: motivation-targetive criterion


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2023

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The article is devoted to the problem of information competence formation in international medical students. Results of practical implementation of the didactic system is presented in the context of motivation-targetive criterion. The indicators of the level of information competence are defined which include cognitive interest in information activity, attitude to acquiring information competence; awareness of the role of information competence in the professional activity of a doctor; awareness of the need for lifelong learning; desire to perceive new information. The incoming level of information competence by motivation-targetive criteria is diagnosed. Diagnostic methods are selected which include observations, questionnaires, interviews and a number of test methods. Stimulation methods and forms of work used to motivate foreign medical students to form informational competence are presented. In particular, discussions, lectures, seminars on relevant topics were held for future medical workers. Foreign students were also encouraged to use critical thinking techniques, the effectiveness of which clearly proved the need to critically analyze any information when making subjective decisions. The training course “Introduction to the specialty” was presented as a tool for motivation improvement in the context of information competence formation. It enables the students to better understand the specifics of the future professional activity and the peculiarities of the educational process at a Ukrainian university, the role and place of informational competence in the professional competence of a doctor, and as a result – to stimulate the development of foreign students' conscious interest in the specialty based on obtaining information about the activities of a modern doctor and medical work as a specific type of professional activity, to ensure the further development of motivation for mastering information competence. Generalized data of the experiment regarding the levels of formation of information competence of medical students according to the motivation-targetive criterion is presented. It demonstrated considerable improvement in the experimental group and very low in the control group.

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92 (1)

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40 - 43

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Helvetica Publishing House

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information competence; International students; medical students; motivation-targetive criterion; experimental research; data analysis

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09590 - Kapur, Manu / Kapur, Manu check_circle

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