[A method for control over the training of student physicians in a department of skin and venereal diseases].

The authors emphasize the significance of independent work of physicians, trained at the Chair, for the improvement of their continuous education. The role of the teacher in this process is discussed, the methods of training are presented, and various forms of independent work of the physicians in hospitals and outside the classrooms are described.

[The Scientific Society of Dermatovenereologists in the system of increasing the qualifications of physicians].

The authors analyze the contribution of the Scientific Society of Dermatologists and Venereologists to continuous education of physicians: discussion of pressing problems in clinical dermatology and venereology, organization of infectious diseases control, analysis of the research carried out by the Society's members. Special attention is paid to philosophic problems in biology and medicine. A positive effect of field sessions of the Society in the major towns of the region is emphasized; such sessions promote a wider acquaintance of the local physicians with the newest trends in this field.