The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the use of stimulation techniques in teaching medical personnel the skills of providing emergency medical care. The simulation module “Emergency medical care” n the amount of 36hours has been introduced into the program of professional retraining in the specialty “Functional diagnostics”. In simulated conditions, a functionalist doctor acquires a certain algorithm of actions in an emergency situation in the workplace and selfconfidence, develops teamwork skills without risk to the patient and stress for the doctor.

Practical skills of working in the specialty of a dentist before applying them in real practice should be acquired in simulation centers equipped with phantoms and simulators, as well as programs that allow you to simulate clinical situations, including emergency conditions and team training. An anonymous survey of senior students of the Institute of Dentistry of ASMU showed that simulation training increases interest in the educational process and facilitates the transition to clinical practice.

This study is devoted to the peculiarities of the communicative competence of a dentist and the identification of the problem areas in the process of interaction with an elderly patient. The study was conducted using a specially designed questionnaire “Doctor through the Patient’s Eyes” and involved 100 patients aged 60–74, including 45 men (45% of the sample) and 55 women (55% of the sample). The results showed the absence of gender specificity in the opinions of men and women about the quality of doctor’s communication. In general, the study showed that the main problem areas in the process of communication between a dentist and an elderly patient are “screening”, effective information interaction skill, as well as managing the patient’s anxiety. The work can be recommended to tutors and teachers of communicative skills in healthcare to consider the age specifics of patients.

Extensive research shows that virtual reality (VR) improves cognitive function and has benefits in the physical rehabilitation of patients after brain injury. However, there is still uncertainty about the practicality and effectiveness of virtual reality in long-term clinical practice. The study showed the possibility of using virtual reality technology to improve the psychological state of patients with consequences of cerebrovascular diseases.

An overview of the situation with the creation and application of the DRAKON medical algorithmic language and the DRAKON-builder program in Lithuania and Russia is given. The DRAKON language is designed to create a new generation of clinical algorithms; it is assumed that the new generation of algorithms will significantly facilitate the work of doctors, reduce medical errors, improve patient safety, and accelerate the acquisition of procedural medical knowledge. The DRAKON language can play the role of a standard that sets the form of presentation of clinical algorithms, and in this capacity is proposed to the court of the medical community.