INCREASING THE MOTIVATION OF MEDICAL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TO STUDY LATIN

Abstract

The article searches for the most effective ways to increase motivation of medical students to study Latin at the current development stage of the Russian higher education system. Before talking about these ways, the role and place of this academic discipline in the structure of training future doctors are considered. The importance of the Latin language is proved from the viewpoint of the specialist’s characterized by high competitiveness in the modern labor market professional and personal competence formation. In addition, the meaning of the term “motivation” and its role in achieving the development of the educational program by future doctors, especially the study of the Latin language, results is revealed. The inextricable connection between this and other academic disciplines studied in a modern medical university is demonstrated. Ways to increase the future doctors’ motivation to master the Latin language are considered based on the analysis of special literature and the authors’ pedagogical experience.