On the history of the sports festival “Physical culture — the second profession of a doctor”

The profession of a doctor involves great physical activity and high working capacity. Of course, physical education and sports play an important role in the process of preparing student youth for social and professional activities, have significant potential in the formation of a system of knowledge and skills related to professional safety, health protection, and the prevention of certain diseases of doctors. It is impossible to overestimate the importance of physical culture in the formation of the professional qualities of the future medical work, the use of its means and methods for the rapid and complete restoration and working capacity of the doctor. The festival of students of medical and pharmaceutical universities of Russia “Physical culture and sports — the second profession of a doctor” is called upon to attract medical students to active sports life. In the article, the authors pay special attention to a retrospective review of the emergence and further holding of the departmental Sports Festival. The result of the presented analytical review was the determination of the results of student speeches in accordance with the affiliation to a particular medical university. During the study, the statistical data of the competition protocols were analyzed. Today, ten years later, you can summarize some of the results of the past eight festivals of medical universities in Russia, determine their role and place in improving the system of higher professional education, and evaluate the effectiveness.