Simulation training in situ as a method of developing professional competence in the study of the discipline “ophthalmology”

The article presents the results of training of students of the specialist program of the Higher School of Medicine of Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University in the specialty “General Medicine” in the discipline “Ophthalmology” using the “Simulated Patient” technique in the conditions of ophthalmological offices of medical organizations. With the help of this methodology, students gain the skills of predictive analytics, which is in demand and relevant in the context of a competencybased approach to education. The result of such training is the improvement (or training) of communication, the development of critical and clinical thinking, skills for analyzing various clinical situations, as well as the skills of questioning and initial examination of the patient, communication with patients and their relatives.