Preparing Future Medical Professionals for Service in Wartime Conditions

Abstract

The article aims to explore the specifics of training doctors during wartime. It seeks to define the role of universal skills in today’s system of military medical education in Ukraine. The article also analyses the historical experience of training reserve officers at military faculties of medical universities and examines current approaches to teaching military and emergency medicine. It investigates the development of professional and legal skills, including battlefield traumatology, the evacuation of the wounded, the organisation of medical support, and the advancement of legal aspects in medical education. The findings show that the system of military medical education helps to form a set of universal skills that prepare future specialists for work in extreme conditions. Emphasis is placed on the importance of legal education for doctors in clarifying the boundaries of their legal responsibility. The article also highlights the prospects for public-private partnership as an innovative model for organising medical care in wartime.