THE COMMUNICATIVE STRATEGY OF PATIENT CARE IN THE ASPECT OF FOREIGN STUDENTS’ PROFESSIONAL SPEECH TRAINING IN A MEDICAL UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The article highlights the specifics of professional speech training of foreign students in medical universities of Russia. In the authors’ opinion, despite the practical orientation of teaching Russian to this category of students, undeservedly little attention is paid to the psychological basics of professional medical communication. In reliance on the trend of moving towards a cooperative model of doctor-patient communication, the authors substantiate the need to reflect psychologically founded communicative strategies, in particular, the patient care strategy, in the practice of teaching Russian as a foreign language. In order to increase the level of speech competence, it is proposed to expand the number of communication tactics needed for future doctors to acquire. The paper provides a description of the main tactics of patient care, as well as suggests educational tasks models that can be used as a supplement to speech training textbooks in foreign doctors’ teaching practice in universities of the Russian Federation.