Interdisciplinary integration as a ground for developing postgraduate students’ readiness for enhanced communication in the professional environment

The article describes a process of interdisciplinary integration as the basis for developing communication skills of postgraduate students of medical universities which are required for communication in a professional environment which is considered as scientific and academic sphere of communication. The article analyzes a concept of ‘interdisciplinary integration’ on the example of a medical university, and substantiates the need for developing integrated learning technology and integrating it into the course of a foreign language training of postgraduate students of a medical university. The technology takes into account current features of both the Russian and international scientific and academic communities in terms of communicative situations and types of activities where these situations are presented. The article considers interdisciplinary integration implemented in the course of foreign language training of postgraduate students in the medical university. The article provides explanation of ‘readiness’ as a number of competencies necessary for carrying out professional activities. The conclusions demonstrate the effectiveness of implementing the integrated learning technology into the course of a foreign language training within a postgraduate course in the medical university.