Within the framework of the research, a thorough analysis of pedagogical, psychological, medical, philosophical scientific works on the problem was carried out; the basic conceptual and terminological apparatus is clarified and interpreted; the state of research of the problem in the pedagogical discourse is clarified; features of professional and specialized training of nursing personnel in Germany are revealed; based on comparative and pedagogical analysis, the possibilities of using progressive ideas of the German experience in Ukraine are substantiated.
According to the study of psychological and pedagogical research of Ukrainian and German scientists on the problem of professional and specialized training of nursing personnel, it is stated that the researched problem was studied by Ukrainian comparative researchers superficially, without gaining systematic coverage.
Clarification of the essence of the key concepts of the study («system of professional medical education», «professional and specialized training of nursing personnel») showed different approaches of Ukrainian and German scientists to the interpretation of their content. At the same time, in the Ukrainian pedagogical discourse, there are no such concepts as «geriatric nursing training» («Altenpflegeausbildung»), «health and pediatric nursing training» («Gesundheits- und Kinderkrankenpflegeausbildung»). «nursing assistant training» («Pflegeassistenzausbildung»), which are legally recognized in Germany.
The system of professional medical education in Germany is characterized, which includes the following components: legislative and regulatory support and regulation of medical education, in particular, nursing training at various federal levels; the academic and non-academic educational sphere of the system of professional medical education, the dual model of the organization of professional and specialized training; availability of a network of professional education institutions (nursing) of different types; content and technological support of theoretical and practical training of nursing personnel, etc. It was found that the specifics of the system of professional medical education in Germany is characterized by the presence of conditions for basic training, advanced training, further education of nursing personnel, and obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing within the concept of lifelong learning.
It was found that the specifics of the professional activities of nursing personnel in Germany involves documenting the nursing process (information gathering, event planning, nursing report, and evaluation); establishing nursing diagnoses for patients using international classification systems of nursing; care for the elderly and care for children in specialized health care facilities.
Based on the analysis of educational activities, curricula of German professional education institutions that train nursing personnel, organizational and didactic features were identified, namely: curricula are built on a modular basis, their content is differentiated into the compulsory modules and the elective modules; education in the educational program has a professional orientation; differentiation of methods of theoretical and practical training; placement supervision and practical support of nursing students; application of various models of nursing didactics (activity-oriented learning, problem-oriented learning, experience-oriented learning, gestalt approach to learning, case-based nursing didactics, subject-oriented nursing didactics, interactionist nursing didactics or didactics of interaction, a competence-theoretical model of nursing didactics, nursing didactics of professional qualifications’ framework); use of electronic learning and methodological support (electronic portfolio, electronic lectures, electronic textbooks, mobile learning, blended learning, electronic learning platforms).
Based on the comparative and pedagogical analysis of professional and specialized training of nursing personnel in Germany and Ukraine, common and different approaches are identified.
