[QUALIFICATION ASSESSMENT OF MEDICAL SPECIALISTS IN ASPECT OF DEVELOPMENT OF CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION].

Continuing medical education (CME) is embedded in the structure of the institutes of qualification assessment. These are institutes of accreditation of specialists and their certification for obtaining a qualification category. CME has become an element of accreditation. So far, an absolute minority of specialists have been accredited. Therefore, the study focuses on the analysis of the implementation of CME. The materials of the expert survey of medical personnel were used. It was found that respondents generally have a positive opinion of the CME system. But its organization has significant drawbacks. Their impact on the provision of high-quality medical services to the population and on the social security of doctors in the field of professional development is negative. Specialists bear the main share of responsibility for the choice of programs and forms of training. And their supply and quality do not always meet the needs of doctors. The system of scoring participation in the CME often forces specialists to make a choice in favor of a set of points, but at the expense of real knowledge. It is revealed that the CME is not built into the institute of certification for qualification category, although the level of qualification of specialists certainly depends on it. This is caused by an unjustified decline in the prestige of this institution.