title: [On the issue of the role of medical education in formation of public health professional].
abstract: The article presents the results of surveys of students of the Tver medical college (N=227) and physicians of different specialties (N=400). It is established that some students enter the medical college without having a calling for the profession and does not plan to precede working in medicine field. According the data, about 28% of students the wish to become a physician decreased during education in the college. Among physicians, only 55% are satisfied with the quality of their professional education in the university. They are not receiving the needed information concerning the official documents regulating their activities. It is needed to enhance the system of students' selection to enter the medical universities, to increase the quality of medical education and to develop the system of measures motivating medical professionals to work in their profession field.
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011634:Public Health / Q000193:education*; D012426:Russia; D013038:Specialization; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*