University Structure Departments Department of Psychology and Pedagogy
The sphere of research interests of the Department of Psychology and Pedagogy is quite diverse. The main directions reflecting the leading scientific interests of the Department staff include: the formation of key competencies of students in the pedagogical process of a medical university; improvement of the educational process (technology, forms and methods of formation, development of key competencies of students); motivation and motivational processes in learning activities (motivation to achieve and avoid failures); psychological health of students and the psychological and pedagogical conditions of its maintenance and correction; management psychology and organizational psychology in the healthcare system (interpersonal communication and interaction, communication in healthcare), socio-psychological problems of the modern family (parent-child relationships and their role in shaping the child's personality, motherhood and fatherhood as socio-psychological phenomena, aggression and violence in family relationships).