THE BASICS AND CONTENT OF INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE OF MEDICAL UNIVERSITY TEACHERS OF DISCIPLINES IN AN INTERMEDIATE LANGUAGE

Abstract

Implementation of higher medical education programs in intermediary language represents both an opportunity to develop the export of education within the framework of today’s governmental policy direction, and a new professional challenge for medical university teachers. The paper clarifies the basics and content of intercultural competence of a medical university teacher in an intermediary language. The author describes specific features of medical university educational that are important in the interaction of a teacher with foreign students. It is emphasized that intercultural communication is focused on achieving learning goals, along with the formation of a positive image of the professional medical community in Russia among foreign students. The author formulates competencies as part of the intercultural competence of medical university teacher of disciplines in an intermediary language: sociocultural-communicative, professional-linguistic, information-digital, reflective, self-education competence.