[Possibilities of application of remote educational technologies in the training of doctors on gerontology and...

The article raises a very important problem devoted to the possibility of using distance learning technologies in the system of postgraduate training of doctors in gerontology and geriatrics. In the comparative aspect, the advantages and disadvantages of distance education are given, the possibilities of their application in different variants of training a geriatrician doctor with different duration of training cycles are evaluated. The problem is considered from the point of view of the doctor, his employer, representatives of the educational organization taking into account the existing normative, legislative acts. The results of the studies performed at the medical University. Recommendations aimed at improving the programs of postgraduate training of geriatric doctors and other specialists solving medical and medical social problems of the elderly and senile age with the use of remote technologies are presented.