Formation of motivation in teaching medical genetics as a factor in improving the quality of education

Abstract

To assess the attitude of different groups of the population to some problems of medical genetics, a questionnaire for anonymous survey was developed. It consists of 16 questions regarding various genetic aspects. The questionnaire passed a psychological and social expert assessment. In 2009 and 2019, a survey was conducted of first-year students of a medical university and one faculty of a pedagogical university, as well as in groups of specialists: clinical residents of different specialties in the first year of study, and teachers working with children with disabilities. A total of 816 and 964 questionnaires were analyzed in 2009 and 2019, respectively. Thanks to the expansion of the teaching of medical genetics at the medical university and extensive work with the media over the past 10 years, understanding of the problems associated with hereditary diseases has improved significantly. It is necessary to expand the professional training of specialists working with children with hereditary pathology to further improve the situation. Joint actions will make it possible to individualize corrective work and increase its effectiveness.