Pedagogical aspects of reflection development in first year resident physicians

The article describes the peculiarities of the reflection development in young doctors –resident physicians, when studying “Pedagogy”, the discipline oriented at forming competencies in a healthy lifestyle, preventive-health educative activities, treatment adherence, education on ways of treatment, rehabilitation, prophylaxis for patients and their next of kin. Reflective awareness of one’s pedagogic activities is perceived as one of the key factors of forming the pedagogic position in young physicians. Methods of developing reflection of professional activities are described. They include case study method, keeping a diary of professional activities, essay writing, role-playing with psycho-dramatic elements, completion of the questionnaire aimed to stimulate the pedagogic reflection of a young doctor. The results of the questionnaire survey of 82 resident physicians showed that the majority of them had undeveloped ideas on the concepts of the physician’s educational activities, or carried out its elements unsystematically. At the same time, a small number of the resident physicians (3%) had an interest in matters concerning patient education, studying special pedagogic and psychological literature. The reflective analyses of one’s professional activities conducted during the Pedagogy course became an important step for the formation of the educative activities of young physicians, in particular, raising motivation for studying Pedagogy and allowing to bring the syllabus into correlation with real practical activities in the clinic.