ENHANCING CLINICAL THINKING COMPETENCE IN FUTURE DOCTORS ON THE BASIS OF DIGITALIZED EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES

Abstract

This thesis examines the issue of enhancing clinical thinking competence in future doctors on the basis of digitalized educational technologies. The relevance of the study is determined by the growing need to modernize medical education through innovative teaching methods that support active learning, diagnostic reasoning, and professional decision-making. Clinical thinking is viewed as an essential component of professional competence, since it enables future physicians to interpret symptoms, analyze patient data, identify relationships between clinical signs, formulate diagnostic hypotheses, and select appropriate medical actions. The thesis substantiates that digitalized educational technologies, including virtual simulation, interactive case platforms, learning management systems, multimedia resources, and digital assessment tools, create favorable pedagogical conditions for the formation of clinical thinking competence. The study emphasizes that the effective use of such technologies contributes to the integration of theoretical knowledge with practical reasoning and improves the professional preparedness of future doctors.