Justification and evaluation of the effectiveness of the model for preparing healthcare leaders within the medical higher education institutions by «Тhe public health and healthcare»

Abstract. Characteristics of professional competencies development characteristic of students studied in the laboratory of excellence «Health leaders factory». A vector model of specialist training has been developed, including the basic «classical» educational path, supplemented by a set of measures to develop the skills and competencies of healthcare leaders. Who completed the Health leaders factory course are characterized by the highest levels of both theoretical knowledge and practical skills. The test results showed that for individuals in this group, grades exceeded the corresponding levels in the groups of respondents who received postgraduate education and for students, while the latter group was characterized by minimal values for assessing the level of professional activity. The conditions for the Health leaders factory project implementation comply with the requirements for the training of health leaders, they provide in-depth mastery of the discipline «Public Health and Health Care», the formation of students’ management skills, effective conduct of professional orientation. In addition, this project contributes to the solution of the most important task facing higher medical education: the training of health managers who are ready for innovation, possess knowledge in advanced areas of science and medicine, as well as modern management methods and styles, have the skills of team building and project management.