Abstract

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS IN THE PROFESSIONAL FIELD OF “HEALTH CARE”

Petya Kasnakova, Danka Obreshkova and Valentina Petkova*

ABSTRACT

The education of specialists in the specialty of "Health care" in Bulgaria has changed significantly in the recent years. There is an increasing demand for health care and mobility of professionals providing the latter. This justifies the introduction of professional training of specialists with skills to provide health care to advanced level, adaptability, communication, mobility, teamwork, responsibility etc. Their adaptation takes place in a situation of dynamically changing needs, values, ways of communicating with social groups within the profession and beyond. This raises the need for excellence in professional training as a strategy of behavior which results in consistency and perseverance in carrying out professional activities.

Keywords: Professional development, of specialty “physiotherapy”