title: [Problems and prospects of post-graduate training at military-medical cadres].
abstract: The actual problems of advanced post-diploma training of RF AF medical cadres is analyzed in the article. The investigation of paramount directions of military-and-medical education reform was conducted, the data on additional military-and-medical education system were generalized. The present average annual output of all bases of additional education in RF AF system was subjected to analysis. The data on the students' training cost in the State institutions for physicians' advanced training (SIPAT) and the same civilian medical higher schools are presented. It is noted that the one student training prime cost in RF AF SIPAT is considerably lower. Present conceptions concerning the advanced system of military-and-medical cadres' training were analyzed. The main problems of RF AF SIPAT are presented; and until the problems are solved it will be impossible to optimize the training of medical service specialists. It is shown that under conditions RF AF, military- and medical reformation SIPAT can become the leading educational, scientific and medical center of post-graduated and additional professional education of military physicians.
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Khrupkin
mesh_terms: D004500:Education, Graduate; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000193:education*; D012426:Russia