[The demographic, social and professional factors affecting choice of employment place and labor motivation of general practitioners and districts therapists].

The article considers social, demographic and professional factors determining choice by general practitioners and district therapists of place of employment and their professional motivation. The special questionnaire was developed to be applied in sociological survey. The sampling included general practitioners and district therapists of outpatient medical organizations of the Health Department and the private health care sector of Moscow.

[The social, demographic and professional characteristics of general practitioners and district therapists of state and private sectors of health care].

The article presents comparative analysis of demographic, social and professional characteristics of general practitioners and district therapists in state and private medical organizations. Sociological, statistical and analytical research methods were applied. The study was carried out on the basis of polyclinics of both Moscow Health Department and Moscow private health care sector.

[The effect of characteristics of patient on satisfaction with medical care rendered by general practitioner and district therapist].

The patient satisfaction is one of the key criteria of quality of medical care and indicator of patient-oriented approach and factor determining competitiveness of medical organization. The purpose of the study - the comparative analysis of patient satisfaction with primary health care provided by general practitioner and district physician, taking into account their gender, age characteristics, frequency and goals of visiting polyclinic. Sociological study was carried out on the basis of out-patient medical organizations in Moscow, Kemerovo and Belgorod.

[The rise of attractiveness of specialty "General Practice" for graduates of medical universities].

The choice of specialty by graduate of medical university can be promoted by particular social, demographic and personal characteristics. Purpose of the study is to investigate demographic, social and personal characteristics of students in residency on specialty "General Medical Practice" in the Russian Federation. The sociological, statistical and analytical methods are applied.

[The influence of gender, age and length of service on educational preferences of general practitioners in Russia].

In conditions of active development of medical and pharmaceutical sciences and dynamically changing work environment the education of physician is to be both continuous and personalized. Purpose of the study. To investigate effect of gender, age and work experience on educational needs and on preferences of forms and methods of training in the system of continuing medical education of Russian general practitioners.

[The gender and age characteristics of general practitioners in Moscow].

The feminization and middle age decreasing in general practitioner profession is a worldwide trend.Purpose of the study is to explore gender and age structure, professional characteristics of general practitioners in Moscow.The retrospective analysis of personal records of students of the Chair of General Medical Practice of the Institute of Professional Education of the The I.

[Role of a credit system in the development of continuous postgraduate training of physicians within the framework of the innovation educational space formation program of the I. M. Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy].

Russia 's joining the European higher educational space and an increase in the international competitive capacity of the European higher educational system envisage first of all that the European credit test system (ECTS) should be accepted and introduced into all national higher educational schools, which ensures both credit test and cumulative functions and guarantees the academic recognition of the education abroad. The issues of modernization of approaches to reforming the continuous postgraduate training of physicians, by using the credit test system, as well as new forms and technologies for an educational process in accordance with the European educational system principles are under discussion. The novelty of the proposed development is that the credit test system is first applied to the continuous postgraduate training of physicians within the framework of the Russian higher medical educational system.