[Course work as means of developing logical thinking in the instruction of medical students]. / Kursovaia rabota kak sredstvo formirovaniia logicheskogo myshleniia v obuchenii studentov-medikov.

The carrying out of course assignments by medical students at the chair of social hygiene and public health administration is proposed for the wide application as a means of promoting the development of creative thinking in students. The course assignments fulfilled on the basis of data on regional peculiarities, characteristics of the population's health and health services while approximating students to the real practical activity promote the development of skills in the analysis, synthesis, generalization, concretization and other intellectual abilities absolutely indispensable for the future doctors.