Abstract
Aim . Evaluation of the effectiveness of the introduction of elements of dual education among students of the specialty «Public Health» when mastering the discipline «Occupational Hygiene» by studying and analyzing the degree of student satisfaction with changes in the educational process. Materials and methods . The continuous cross-sectional study was conducted among 3 rd and 4 th year students of the specialty «Public Health». The study of students' satisfaction with dual education during the course of the discipline «Occupational Hygiene» included two stages. The first stage is an anonymous online survey using a specially designed questionnaire. At the second stage, an interview was conducted with students in an offline format, which clarified the attitude towards dual education. Results and discussion . The results of the survey on satisfaction with the development of practical skills in occupational hygiene at the scientific research sanitary and hygienic laboratory were distributed as follows: 86.5% of respondents were completely satisfied with the development of practical skills, 10.8% of respondents noted partial satisfaction with the development of practical skills, as they would like to hone their practical skills directly in the workplace, 2.7% of students are completely dissatisfied with the development of practical skills on the basis of the scientific research sanitary and hygienic laboratory, without explaining the weighty reason for this answer. 92% of students are satisfied with the socio-psychological climate when studying theoretical issues of occupational health and on a practical basis. At the same time, during the interview, students noted the lack of allocated hours in the discipline for detailed study of questions with a teacher and mentor.