Visuomenės sveikatos priežiūros specialistų tęstinis mokymasis darnios visuomenės sveikatos problemų kontekste

LTStraipsnyje analizuojama visuomenės sveikatos priežiūros specialistų tęstinio mokymosi situacija ir problemos globalių visuomenės sveikatos problemų kontekste. Tobulinant sveikatos priežiūros specialistų tęstinio mokymosi sistemą, akcentuojama ligų prevencija. Autorių siūlomos tęstinio mokymosi koncepcijos esmė - sveiko gyvenimo būdo, gyventojų ilgaamžiškumo ir gyvenimo kokybės prielaida – pakankamas visuomenės sveikatos priežiūros specialistų kompetentingumas pirminėje sveikatos priežiūroje.

ENIntroduction. The article analyses the situation of life-long learning of public health care specialists and problems in the context of global public health problems. While implementing the life-long learning system of health care specialists, prevention from diseases is emphasized. The public health care specialists essence of the concept of lifelong learning - competences healthy lifestyles, population longevity and quality of life, hygiene training primary health care, development. The purpose. To provide health care professionals for the development of lifelong learning. Methods. Literature review, documentation analysis, the model of life-long learning model preparation. Results. The essence of life-long learning conception proposed by the author (healthy life-style, longevity of residents and the assumption of life quality) is a sufficient competence of health care professionals. The life-long learning model, as a group of health care professionals working in the area of primary health care, is presented, which could help for the organizers of health care system, experts and practitioners, who aim at a maximum protection of health of the contemporary society (its each member), emphasizing prevention, healthy life-style and life quality. Conclusion: 1. The principles of harmonious development are especially important in the activity of public health care specialists. Concentration on physical, psychic and social welfare is the most important feature of public health care specialist activity; thus in order to reach the welfare, the people need help with taking care and maintaining their health and, this way, reaching a better life quality. Therefore, the aim of public health care specialists is to pursue a purposeful life-long learning. 2. The main health problems are related to the lifestyle and behaviour of Lithuanian residents.In order to solve these problems, constant health promotion should be carried out, the main objective of which is education about health. 3. The subject and general competencies acquired by a public health specialist are developed by using a holistic and systemic points of view based on social partnership of society members and the strategy of harmonious society development. These competencies should form the basis in the training programmes of public health care specialists and forming study outcomes, as well as defining the activity of public health care specialists and organizing their life-long training. 4. It is especially important to develop the training of public health care specialists and their life-long learning, which would ensure constant maintenance of competence. Increasing life-long learning of public health care specialists reflects a more democratic society, the members of which are tolerant, cooperative, active, understanding and reinforcing harmonious development, realizing the responsibility for their and their country life and ensuring the social, physical and psychic health welfare of the society.