CLOUD SERVICES AS A MEANS OF ORGANIZING INDEPENDENT WORK OF FUTURE NURSING SPECIALISTS

Abstract

One of the progressive trends in the informatization of education of future bachelors of nursing, within the framework of which professional training of medical workers is carried out, is the use of cloud services for planning and organizing independent work of applicants. The third-generation state educational standard emphasizes that as a result of mastering the bachelor's program, graduates should have certain competencies. The bachelor's program establishes the formation of various universal competencies, among which there are those aimed at developing the skills of independent work of applicants. Independent work of future nursing specialists is interpreted as a type of educational activity that the applicant performs without direct interaction with the teacher, but with the help of special materials posted on the educational portal of the higher medical education institution. The current means of organizing independent work of future nursing specialists is the use of cloud services. The essence of cloud technologies is to provide users with remote access to services, computing resources and applications (including infrastructure and operating systems) via the Internet. Cloud technologies (Cloud Computing) are a new service that involves the remote use of data processing and storage facilities. With the help of «cloud» services, you can access information resources of any level and any capacity, with the division of rights of different groups of users in relation to resources, using only an Internet connection and a web browser. The list of cloud services for organizing independent work of future bachelors of nursing includes the following: Google Workspace for Education (Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drive, Forms) – for creating, storing and jointly editing educational materials; Microsoft 365 (OneDrive, Word Online, Excel Online, Teams) – for organizing group and individual work of students; MoodleCloud – for creating online courses, testing and tracking progress; Canva – for developing infographics, visual summaries and presentations with elements of medical terminology; Padlet – as an interactive board for reflection, exchanging ideas and organizing discussions; Trello or Notion – for planning individual educational trajectories and task management. The use of cloud technologies in organizing the independent work of future bachelors of nursing forms in students an adequate idea of the profession, the world and functionality of modern information technologies in medicine and social life, and their possibilities for professional education of the 21st century.