THE SYSTEM OF PROFESSIONAL SKILL IMPROVEMENT IN REPRESENTATIONS OF NURSES (BASED ON THE MATERIALS OF SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS)
The sociological research devoted to representations of nurses on the problem of existing system of professional skill improvement which is significant for its optimization has been carried out. The findings pointed out formal character of professional skill improvement system, its isolation from immediate needs of practical health service, translation of outdated knowledge within this system. The authors conclude that the causes of knowledge outdating that are still translating within courses of professional skill improvement have a systemic character. Training centers drop out from the modern scientific informational space. It requires deliberate policy to form informational space for centers of professional skill improvement, allowing integrating them into a common space of science. The received data demonstrate willingness of nurses to use Internet technologies in additional education. Distant forms can make training more flexible, escaping from a five-year cycle in favor of continuous education, shifting it to a modular form, increasing its profitability, bringing it closer to medical staff of remote areas. Intensification of cognitive interest among participants of training courses could be provided by means of individualization of training programs. Recommended measures will optimize the performance of system of professional skill improvement for nursing staff.