The article presents the results of a sociological study of the opinion of first-year students of Kursk State Medical University about family planning. The main opinions of respondents about the need to create a family, having children and sources of information on family planning and contraceptive methods are shown.

The article is devoted to the features of the prevention of deviant behavior of adolescents. The study was conducted on the basis of the Medical and Pharmaceutical College of the Kursk State Medical University.
The main difficult life situations of minors are revealed. An analysis of the socio-cultural environment of adolescent children is carried out. The level of empathy of minors is described. The causes of deviant behavior of adolescents are studied.
Recommendations have been developed for the class teacher, teachers on working with difficult teenagers. 

The article presents the results of the development of general and professional competencies by students in the learning process at the department of “Orthopedic Dentistry” at the Medical and Pharmaceutical College of KSMU.
It was revealed that students’ immersion in their future profession through the implementation of practical activities allowed them to approach the profession of “Dental Technician” from the very first year, having carried out their professional knowledge, skills and abilities within the framework of the studied disciplines, for example: in the manufacture of the upper molar in section, orthopedic construction and comparison of the upper and lower jaws in orthognathic bite, as well as educational and career guidance activities “Healthy teeth and correct bite are the key to a beautiful smile” in an educational organization. 

This article discusses the role of the volunteer detachment of the Department of Microbiology, Virology, Immunology “Vaccina Dobra” in the professional education of the future medical worker.

Based on the results of clinical, psychopathological and psychodiagnostic studies of young people with non-pathological mental maladjustment in conditions of chronic wartime stress, a personality-oriented psychocorrectional complex was developed aimed at self-disclosure and activation of personal resources. The article presents its methodology and performance assessment.

The article presents a study on the presence of cognitive impairment in patients in the Department of Medical Rehabilitation of a Neurological Profile, to determine which tests- were used such as the Mini mental state examination (MMSE), the Montreal Cognitive Assessment Scale (MoCA) and the frontal dysfunction battery (FAB, Frontal Assessment Battery).

The article presents theoretical approaches to the study of mental representations, structural and meaningful changes in mental representations in various specific psychological conditions and situations (situationally determined characteristics of the sociocultural space; psychological consequences for each individual/threat to health); the factors influencing the stability (stereotyping, static) / instability (updating, variability) of mental representations are described.

The article deals with theoretical approaches to the study of social prevention of deviations; the typologies of behavior that determine the manifestations of deviations are analyzed; describes the functions of social prevention of deviations; presents the results of a study of the experience of social prevention of deviations on the example of Kursk Regional Social and Rehabilitation Center for Minors.

The article discusses the possibilities of using psychosocial work technologies in an educational institution of higher education accompanied by students with disabilities in accordance with the priorities of inclusive education. The data of the study of students’ opinions about preferences in the organization of this work are given. The experience of social work at the Kursk State Medical University is considered.

The article presents theoretical approaches to the study of mental representations, structural and meaningful changes in mental representations in various specific psychological conditions and situations (situationally determined characteristics of the sociocultural space; psychological consequences for each individual/threat to health); the factors influencing the stability (stereotyping, static) / instability (updating, variability) of mental representations are described.

This article objectifies the concept of “doctor” in the Russian language on the material of phraseological units, examines the mutual influence of culture and language, thinking and language within the framework of the linguoculturological paradigm. The concept is considered as a multidimensional phenomenon that allows to “include” in consciousness a certain image, concept, positive or negative significance of the object for the perceiver. Linguoculturological research is relevant and corresponds to the general trend of modern linguistics – the transition to man as the center of knowledge of the world, the subject of knowledge. Phraseological units are understood by the “holders” of the cultural code of the nation, people, ethnos. Cultural and national standards, stereotypes and mythologems of a particular nation form the meaning of phraseological units in which the memory of generations is fixed, the values of the people are embodied. The concept of “doctor” is of particular interest to medical students, allowing them to dive deeper into the study of the connection of language with the practical activities of future doctors.

The article is devoted to the personal and scientific biography of the candidate of medical sciences, associate professor Anatoly Antonovich Savchenko. Together with Professor Zavyalov, he stood at the origins of the study of the correlation relationships of functions in the body of animals and humans. He made a significant contribution to teaching students of human physiology and psychophysiology at the Kursk State Medical Institute, at the Kursk State Pedagogical University; headed the Department of Anatomy and Physiology, then renamed the Department of Public Health at the Kursk State Pedagogical University, worked there as an assistant professor in the Department of General Biology of the Faculty of Natural Geography. From 2000 to 2011, he was in charge of the psychological laboratory of the Kursk Institute of Social Education (branch) of the Russian State Social University. 

The article is an interview with the Doctor of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Normal Physiology of the Kursk State Medical University P.V. Tkachenko. Memoirs of P.V. Tkachenko are dedicated to their teacher and predecessor in the Department of Normal Physiology, rector of KSMU from 1978 to 2003, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor A.V. Zavyalov. The interview reflects the role played by Professor A.V. Za- vyalov in the development of research in the field of normal physiology and in the development of the system of higher medical education in the city of Kursk. P.V. Tkachenko shared his views on modern trends in research in the field of psychophysiology in Kursk.

The interview touches upon the problems that faced the system of higher medical education and the training of scientific personnel in the crisis years for the country in the 1990s.

The prospects and models for the integration of scientific research and the system of higher medical education are discussed.