Abstract
The author presents the concept of the study of medical education in Ukraine, which is characterized by systemic integrity and procedural continuity in the organic unity of general, special, specific and personally oriented components. The emphasis is on the world and European trends in higher education. The article analyzes the main contexts of reforming the medical education in Ukraine, determined by the processes of globalization, internationalization, standardization of higher education. A number of trends have emerged over the past several decades including an increase in the number of medical schools, medical school class size, new models of global medical education. Findings from this study include information about the landscape of medical education, medical schools programmes according to the ISCED-F2013. The article presents meaningful description of the Master’s programme in Global Health. The article considers the idea that qualitative changes in medical education are determined by national policy of Ukraine, that is aimed at continuing professional development of health and healthcare professionals. The article highlights the international standards of World Federation for Medical Education (triplets «International standards of medical education» 2003), Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area, on the basis of which the reform of medical education takes place in Ukraine. The purpose of the Programme on Global Standards was to provide a tool for quality improvement in medical education. This paper has presented an overview of the main areas of WFME standards in basic medical education related to the evaluation and improvement of quality at the level of the medical institution: mission and objectives; educational programme; assessment of students; student’s affairs; academic staff/faculty; educational resources; programme evaluation; government and administration; and the continuous renewal. From the material presented in this paper, the following theme may require further attention: examining Quality Culture formation in medical education.