ANATOMY MENTORING PRACTICE AS A NEW PROMISING WAY FOR TEACHING MORPHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

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Background. Traditionally, the anatomy of human body as the university course is associated with the number of complexities in the 1st year students. Pupils' decreased attentiveness in the period of adaptation for student`s life causes the necessity for novel teaching strategies in anatomy. Aim. Thus, our study considers the benefits and drawbacks of new mentoring practice in Sechenov University. Results and Discussion. Modern mentoring practice in anatomy department implies mentors teaching their coeval through education plan. The mentors are the most talented and motivated 1st year student with excellent marks during the first term-time. There are no special requests for students who will being trained; therefore, everyone could be taught within this type of program. Twenty chosen educators elaborate lesson plan in a special block of themes, and two testing controls both for student`s knowledge assessment and collecting statistics. Our intermediate results received during 2017-2018 academic years show the increased marks in five taught groups from medical, pediatrics, and foreign students’ faculties. Furthermore, all the mentors from scientific faculty demonstrate great individual advancement. Conclusions. Now we`re going to collect and analyze examination results from 13 June till 12 July for database and its further comparison with the similar ones. However, we`re convinced that our novel mentoring experience becomes necessary for all the student to recognize the responsibility for not`s only their own education, but both for qualify teaching their coeval. Finally, this unusual experience will foster awareness of student leadership attributes.