THE PECULIARITIES OF MEDICAL EDUCATION MANAGEMENT IN THE USA

Abstract

The article substantiates the need to study the experience of the USA in higher education management, due to the existence of some contradictions and difficulties in the reformation of higher education in Ukraine. The actuality of the given research is strengthened by the fact that in the United States in the field of medical education management, the idea of orientation of education on a person and their needs has been developed and implemented. In order to obtain a coherent picture, the author aims to identify the basic laws, peculiarities and tendencies in medical education management in the United States. By using general scientific and historical-pedagogical methods, normative documents, encyclopaedic, historical, pedagogical and methodological literature on the research problem, educational and methodological materials illustrating the experience of medical education management in the USA as well as the preconditions of the emergence and development of a modern system of management of medical education in the USA have been studied. The research has demonstrated that the peculiarity of higher education management in the United States is its decentralization. This is confirmed by the fact that the United States does not have a single national education system, but there are state educational systems, and the federal government and federal agencies play a role in the management of education in the country, but the main administrative functions are performed not by federal education bodies, but state agencies, local education authorities and professional associations. It has been established that the United States Department of Education with subordinate departments and commissions and the Accreditation Council for Higher Education with their respective accountable bodies belong to the USA government higher education administration. Within the management of medical educational institutions, certain organizations and associations, that are subordinate to the Department of Education and are involved in the establishment, implementation and updating of medical education standards, play an important role. The Liaison Committee on Medical Education is the accrediting body for medical education programs in the USA and Canada. A limited role in the accreditation of universities is also played by the American Medical College Association and the American Medical Association.