In the context of modernization of higher medical education, the personal and socio-communicative competencies of university teachers acquire special importance, as they determine the effectiveness of pedagogical interaction and the quality of professional training. The purpose of this study is to determine the role of higher education teachers’ soft skills as a resource for improving the quality of personnel training in a medical university. The empirical research was conducted at Kursk State Medical University and included 437 teachers from clinical and non-clinical departments. The results of the study showed that a high level of soft skills development correlates with increased psychosomatic well-being of teachers and is accompanied by a decrease in the intensity of professional stress and emotional exhaustion that may lead to burnout, which has a positive impact on the quality of training of medical and pharmaceutical professionals. It is concluded that teachers’ soft skills are a systemic factor in ensuring the quality of the educational process and act as a regulator between their psycho-emotional state and the effectiveness of students’ training in medical universities.
Tatyana A. Oleynikova – PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Organization and Management of Pharmacy, Kursk State Medical University, Kursk, Russia.
Tatyana D. Vasilenko – Doctor of Psychology, Professor, Head of the Department of General and Clinical Psychology, Kursk State Medical University, Kursk, Russia.
Evgeniya V. Konischeva – PhD in Social Sciences, Associate Professor at the Department of General and Clinical Psychology, Kursk State Medical University, Kursk, Russia.
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