[Methods of pedagogical assessment of qualifications in postgraduate medical education]

The methods of pedagogical assessment of qualification in postgraduate medical education play a decisive role in assessing both the effectiveness of training and the level of professional competence of physicians. The methods of pedagogical assessment of qualification provide an opportunity to measure and evaluate each of the didactic categories--knowledge, professional competence, practical skills, professional credo. The described methods of assessing the knowledge, professional competence and practical skills can form an objective picture of the level of educational goals achieved (in the process of education) and determine whether the level of professional training of physicians meet professional requirements.