Drachuk M. Information technologies in the system of professional training of future pharmacists

The thesis focuses on the analysis of the concept of “information and culturological competence of future pharmacists”; pedagogical conditions of information and culturological competence formation of future pharmacists are proposed and substantiated; the model of information and culturological competence formation of future pharmacists is developed and verified. The first chapter – “Theoretical basis of the use of information technologies in the training of future pharmacists” covers the problem of future pharmacists’ training in the context of modern information society development, features of information technologies in the professional activity and training of future pharmacists, the content and components of information and culturological competence of future pharmacists. “Information and culturological competence of a future pharmacist” is considered to be as personal characteristics, including a set of knowledge, abilities and skills of performing various types of information activities and value assement of this activity based on the analysis of the concepts of “competence”, “information competence”, “professional culture”. It can be studied in three aspects: as a part of key competencies; as a component of a specialist's professional competence; as a stage of his/her professional culture formation.