Improving the quality of e-learning: development of independent learning skills of medical students

Abstract

The article considers ways to improve the self-directed learning of internal medicine by medical students in terms of e-learning. The alternative way to ensure the continuity of education in the context of the COVID-19 infection was e-learning, which contributed to the intensification of independent students work. Proper organization of independent work of future doctors at the Department of Internal Medicine № 1 affects the effective, successful educational process and is the basis of higher education. Self-directed learning lays the foundations of continuous self-education and self-improvement, promotes the development of clinical thinking and the formation of professional competencies of the doctor.