Professional Expectations of Medical Engineers as Markers of Socio-Cultural Adaptation

The article examines the problem related to the socio-cultural adaptation of medical engineers in a modern professional society. The influence of professional culture on the formation of the identity of specialists in the context of healthcare transformation and integration of technological innovations is investigated. The social mechanisms that ensure successful interaction between medical engineers and clinical staff within the framework of an interdisciplinary approach are analyzed. The materials of the author's sociological research conducted on a model group of medical engineers are presented. The profession of a medical engineer is at the intersection of several professional fields, which creates a unique socio-cultural context for the formation of professional identity. This professional group adheres to certain norms in the social modern society, demonstrating technological changes in the modern world and constantly broadcasting the values of engineering medicine in the global environment. The survey results showed that half of the respondents (52%) consider it advisable to study the specialty of medical engineering exclusively at medical universities, the analysis of technological preferences revealed the greatest interest of respondents in artificial intelligence and machine learning (68.3%), robotics (68.3%), nanotechnology (51.2%) and telemedicine (43.9%). The study allows us to conclude that a new professional culture of medical engineers is being formed, characterized by hybridity, technological optimism and a focus on interdisciplinary interaction.