[The modern challenges and innovations in training of paramedical personnel]

The system of paramedical personnel training is on threshold of significant transformations caused by necessity to adapt to new requirements in health care and education policy. The analysis of current state of training demonstrated presence of such serious problems as normative restraints, deficiency of personnel and insufficient integration of digital technologies. It affects quality of both education and practical readiness of graduates. The implementation of innovative methods, including e-learning, simulation trainers and technologies of virtual and augmented reality becomes key tool to enhance efficiency of educational process. The practical implementation of these approaches in secondary medical education institutions demonstrated increase in motivation of students and improvement of material mastering. However, it still experiences the number of technical and organizational restrictions.