Strategic aspects of higher education reform in preparing a new generation of specialists in the pharmacological design and the bio-pharm industry

Abstract

The completion of several fundamental international projects focused on understanding the functioning of human body at all levels has caused the appearance of omics technologies. This has marked the creation of new directions in the development of biotechnology and the biopharmaceutical industry. The rapid emergence of novel high-tech drugs, the needs of potential employers and the demands of the labour-market have clearly demonstrated that the introduction of new approaches in pharmaceutical and biotechnology practice requires broad reforms not only in the field of biopharmaceutical production, but also in the areas of healthcare and education. These reforms should resolve problems regarding the training of universal specialists who have both fundamental scientific education and professional competences. In other words, it is necessary for such professionals to have an accurate algorithm of actions in customary practice and scientifi c activities. Such reforms require one to significantly reexamine revisions of the Higher Education programs in the modern practice of medical universities. Refs 12. Figs 8.