LINGUISTIC DETERMINANTS OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OF FUTURE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS: INTEGRATION OF LATIN AND ENGLISH

The study is devoted to analyzing the systemic role of Latin and English in the formation of the comprehensive professional competence of higher medical education students (medical doctors, pharmacists, dentists, and paramedics).In the context of the dynamic development of global healthcare and the critical expansion of English-language scientific literature, the professional readiness of medical specialists extends far beyond subject-specific knowledge and requires mastery of medical terminology and intercultural communication skills.It has been established that Latin and medical terminology constitute an indispensable foundation for the development of cognitive competence, ensuring terminological literacy (over 75% of medical terms have Greek and Latin origins) and the international standardization of medical nomenclature.This constitutes the key to understanding approximately 500,000 medical terms and the correct compilation of prescriptions.Meanwhile, English for Specific Purposes serves as the primary tool for developing social and communicative competence by providing access to up-to-date scientific sources, facilitating international interaction with colleagues and patients and supporting professional identity through the simulation of authentic clinical situations.The authors identify four key features of professional language training: the historical context of Latin usage, awareness of its practical significance (prescriptions, international pharmacopeias), cross-disciplinary integration (anatomical and histological, pharmaceutical and clinical modules), and the acquisition of professional vocabulary as a means of communication.It is emphasized that only a balanced integration of linguistic and professional components, supported by interactive and student-centered methodologies, ensures high-quality training of specialists capable of successfully adapting to the requirements of global medicine.