On October 20, 2022, the III Regional Scientific and Practical Conference “Health Psychology in Educational Process” was held at Kursk State Medical University.
For the university, the organization of the conference is a contribution to the implementation of the federal project “Strengthening Public Health” within the framework of the Demography national project. At the event, organized by the staff of the Department of Health Psychology and Neuropsychology, the factors of preservation of mental health of students, schoolchildren, preschoolers, problems of teacher training, application of the effective technologies used today in educational institutions of Kursk and the Kursk region were discussed.
Vice-Rector for Educational Work, Social Development and Public Relations of the FSBEI HE KSMU of the Ministry of Health of Russia, Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Associate Professor A.A. Kuznetsova, Head of the Department of Preschool Education of the Education Committee of Kursk A.G. Volshchukova, Director of the Municipal Public Institution Center for Psychological, Pedagogical, Medical and Social Assistance “Harmony” V.E. Pilipenko, addressed the participants of the conference with welcoming words.
More than 100 people took part in the conference. Among them were representatives of the scientific and pedagogical staff of universities, heads of centers, directors, head teachers, teachers, educational psychologists of general educational and individual educational organizations of Kursk and Kursk region, heads, as well as specialists of preschool educational institutions and additional education of Kursk.
Presentations were made by representatives of the Education Committee of Kursk, scientific and pedagogical staff of FSBEI HE Moscow State Pedagogical University (Moscow), Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education Belgorod State National Research University, National Research University Belgorod State University (Belgorod), Non-state Educational Private Institution Moscow Financial and Industrial University Synergy (Smolensk), FSBEI HE Kursk State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of Russia, FSBEI HE Kursk State University, Regional State Budgetary Institution of Continuing Professional Education Kursk Institute for Education Development (Kursk), school principals, heads of preschool educational institutions of Kursk.
All reports were of a scientific and practical nature, discussed the impact of digital educational technologies on psychological health of adolescents; technologies for the formation of social success foundations in a child in conditions of a preschool educational institution; features of the cognitive sphere of adolescents from digital educational environment; presented algorithms and technology for providing psychological assistance in conditions of an unstable social situation; topical issues of ensuring safety of the educational environment; use of modern health-saving technologies in working with children with sensory and intellectual impairments, as well as technologies for preventing emotional burn-out of teachers, etc.
Within the framework of the conference, works of the youth project workshop were presented, where students shared the results of their own scientific and social projects on the issues of preserving health of young people.
The conference participants expressed their gratitude to the Rector of Kursk State Medical University, Honored Doctor of the Russian Federation, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Viktor Anatolyevich Lazarenko for fruitful academic and scientific cooperation. The organizers heard many warm words from the heads of educational organizations of the city who participated in the conference addressed to the staff of Kursk State Medical University in connection with the high quality of training of future specialists.