The purpose of the study was to investigate the formation of fundamental theoretical and practical fundamentals in the students of higher education at the medical faculty. Materials and methods. The sources of scientific literature. Results and discussion. Modern society creates the need to train a new type of specialists who, in addition to a high professional level, possess such personal and cognitive qualities as management skills, the ability to easily establish contact with new people, both colleagues and patients, in compliance with social and legal norms. A doctor must successfully analyze, form and evaluate business relationships, possess competencies, flexible thinking, stress resistance, innovative activity, desire for constant professional self-improvement. The education system should prepare a specialist who is easily adapted to the changing requirements of the labor market, and should be oriented towards improving his/her qualifications. The key to successful professional formation and growth is the acquisition of a set of competencies – professional qualities necessary for starting independent practical medical activity. The main goal of the work of the medical faculty is to train highly qualified doctors who know their business perfectly, have fundamental theoretical and practical training, are focused on world achievements in the field of medical science, are professionally competent and competitive in the conditions of the development of modern society. Graduates of higher medical education take an active part in the work of the student scientific society, present their scientific achievements at scientific conferences, competitions, and Olympiads. Conclusion. The basic vector of the successful functioning of the medical education system, in particular at the Poltava State Medical University, is the formation of fundamental theoretical and practical principles in higher education students, a conscious motivation for personal and professional improvement, the acquisition of critical thinking experience and the need for ongoing and continuous education. Active coordination participation and assistance, and at the same time, control over the assimilation of knowledge and the course of all educational and scientific processes is provided by the dean's office, as the university's administrative management body, in close cooperation with student self-government structures. A certified specialist, a doctor, must be able to engage in professional practice without harming patients and applying modern, adequate, effective and currently generally accepted methods of treatment, strictly observing ethical and deontological norms and rules
Keywords: dean’s office, medical faculty, educational component, doctor
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