THE QUESTIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHOSOMATICS IN THE TRAINING OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS (FAMILY DOCTORS) IN POSTGRADUATE AND ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

The methodological issues of training of general practitioners (family doctors) are considered in the article in the order to prevent emotional burnout syndrome. Professional activity involves a high percentage of factors causing stress. The result is burnout syndrome. Psychological mental overwork, dissatisfaction with the profession, low level of financial and social well-being, accumulated negative emotions require the prevention of burnout and neurotic and psychosomatic disorders in doctors. In addition, without obtaining professional communicative, mediative, psychosomatic and psychotherapeutic competencies, our graduate will not become a professional and will acquire burnout. Timely identification of the initial signs of burnout syndrome helps to maintain the personal and professional potential of physicians. Burnout syndrome prevention involves reinforcing professional skills and right responding to emotional stress. We have proposed conducting the Balint groups as a method for the burnout syndrome prevention. We recommend to include Balint groups in the residency programm.