[Who will teach physicians' teacher?]

The paper is concerned with the problems of high medical school. The grounding of the lecturers and instructors is believed unsatisfactory. The causes underlying low effectiveness of the staff training, clinical instructors in particular are analyzed. The author proposes establishment of All-Union Institutes for Advanced Training for high medical school specialists. The principles of the institutes organization and activity are discussed. As an alternative, it is suggested to train skilled staff in large medical institutes at specially created chairs of pedagogics.