Yusef Yu. V. The Formation of Medical Doctors’ Communication Culture in the Process of Studying Humanities

Yusef Yu. V., Teaching Assistant, Department of Ukrainian Studies and Humanities, Lugansk State Medical University.

Abstract
The article examines the formation of communication culture in the students working toward their medical degree. The training of medical doctors is a complex and lengthy process. It is well-known that those individuals who have chosen this career path are expected to possess not only a profound knowledge in the sphere of medicine, but, due to the high emotional impact of the medical profession, also certain personality traits, which can be best formed in the process of studying humanities.
Although communication culture is the subject of interdisciplinary study, the author suggests that of primary importance in the process of its formation in prospective medical doctors is rhetoric. This academic subject develops cognitive strengths (independence, openness, erudition, etc.); culture of speech (grammar, expression, clarity, accuracy, brevity, etc.); safeguards and cultivates best practices of behavior (politeness, tact, etiquette) and communication (respect for and attention to the conversation partner, self-management skills, responsibility for one’s words).
Visual, literary, and performing arts, as well as psychology, ethics, and foreign languages are also among those academic subjects that contribute to the formation of the communication culture of the prospective medical doctors.

Key words: Communicativeness, medical doctor’s communication culture, culture of speech, medical doctor’s communication, humanitarization of education.

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