SOME ASPECTS OF ADAPTATION OF THE FOREIGN STUDENTS ON THE EXAMPLE OF ANATOMY TEACHING

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Aim. Analysis of the problems associated with psychological readiness of foreign students to study at a medical university on the example of studying anatomy. Material and Methods. Survey of 55 1st year students from non-CIS countries and CIS countries (average age - 21 and 19.5 years, respectively), qualitative analysis of the answers to the questionnaire and their quantitative statistical processing using MS Excel. Results and Discussion. The main questions in the questionnaires were aimed at identifying three groups of factors affecting the adaptation processes: psychophysiological, educational and socio-cultural. Students from India, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, studying in English, noted the presence of difficulties in all three groups. The most commonly they mentioned underdeveloped English-speaking environment (complexity in the explanation of their condition in the university clinic (87%), the librarians who are not proficient in spoken English (67%), not enough English-speaking physicians leading in the clinical practice (34%)). Students from India noted a shortage of English-speaking workers in shops (29%), passers-by on the street, etc. Students from Arab countries noted difficulties in preparing a large amount of material for classes (42%), due to insufficient knowledge of English (23%), and a shortage of English literature on the specialty in the University library (37%). Students from the CIS countries (Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) also unanimously note the language problems while communicating with doctors in the university clinic (82%) and the need to read a large amount of educational information (47%). Unlike English-speaking students, they study in mixed groups, often calling relations with Russian-speaking students in the group to be problematic (21%). Conclusions. Thus, the trial survey shows the need to improve the existing English-speaking environment and special measures to facilitate the psychophysiological and socio-cultural adaptation of foreign students regardless of the language of instruction.