TRAINING OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS IN THE TERRITORY OF THE GENERAL DISTRICT OF «VOLYN-PODILLIA» UNDER NAZI OCCUPATION
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.35774/gsip2025.02.047Keywords:
professional medical schools, course training, School of Midwives, School of Pharmacists, education, Nazi occupation regime, General District «Volyn-Podillia»Abstract
The aim of the study is to analyse the issue of training specialists with medical education in the «Volyn-Podillia» General District during the Nazi occupation. The research methodology consists of general scientific and special historical methods. The work is based on the principles of historicism, scientific objectivity, and a problem-chronological approach. The scientific novelty lies in the fact that, based on archival documents and press publications of that period, a comprehensive study was conducted at the regional level of the main problems of training specialists with medical education in the general district of «Volyn-Podillia» under Nazi occupation. Conclusions. It has been established that the training of specialists with medical education began in the region in the autumn of 1941. The organisation of training for medical personnel in the Volyn-Podillia General District was carried out mainly in secondary specialised educational institutions and through short-term professional courses. The most well-known were the «School of Midwives» and the «School of Pharmacists» in Rivne, which gradually attracted a significant number of young people. In addition, training courses for dental technicians, medical and epidemic nurses, pharmacists, nurses, disinfectors, etc. were organised in various settlements of the district. The educational programmes were adapted to the requirements of the time in the fields of education and healthcare and included both general education and professionally oriented disciplines. An important component was practical training at medical institutions. Most of the lecturers had higher education. The teaching of narrow-profile, specialised subjects was entrusted to doctors. In the difficult conditions of the time, the functioning of these institutions was marked by numerous difficulties related to material, technical, financial, economic and other problems. It has been proven that the activities of medical vocational schools and courses were under the control of the occupying authorities.
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