Vol. 2 No. 31 (2025)
Professional Pedagogics

Professional Pedagogics

CRITERIA-BASED DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH TO ASSESSING THE ECOLOGICAL CULTURE OF MEDICAL COLLEGE STUDENTS

Published 18.12.2025

  • Liudmyla Bazyl

Liudmyla Bazyl
Institute of Vocational Education of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine image/svg+xml

Abstract

Relevance: The urgency of assessing the ecological culture of medical college students stems from rising environmental health risks, exacerbated by the consequences of the Russian Federation's war against Ukraine, the necessity of ensuring environmental safety within healthcare, and the requirements of the updated professional medical education paradigm; this necessitates fostering an ecological world-view in future healthcare workers who are capable of responsible professional activity related to maintaining sanitary and hygienic standards, safely managing medical waste, and minimising negative environmental impacts.

Aim: To substantiate a criteria-based diagnostic approach for assessing the ecological culture of medical college students and to define the criteria, indicators, and levels of its development.

Methods: The study employed an analysis of scientific sources, psycho-pedagogical and socio-methodological literature, and regulatory documents in medical and environmental education to determine the extent of the problem's development; generalisation and systematisation were used to justify the theoretical foundations of the research and the structure of ecological culture among medical college students; definitive analysis served to clarify the conceptual content of "ecological culture of a future healthcare worker" and "criteria-based diagnostic approach"; modelling was applied to develop a system of criteria, indicators, and levels of ecological culture attainment.

Results: The study substantiates a criteria-based diagnostic approach for evaluating the ecological culture of medical college students; it identifies a system of criteria (motivational-evaluative, cognitive, and behavioural-activity), alongside corresponding indicators and development levels; furthermore, the findings establish that implementing comprehensive diagnostic instrumentation facilitates an objective assessment of future healthcare workers' readiness for environmentally safe professional practice, enhances the quality of their vocational training, and fosters a responsible attitude toward health preservation and environmental protection.

Conclusions: Utilising a criteria-based diagnostic approach to assess the ecological culture of medical college students provides a holistic understanding of its development level, allows for timely adjustments to the educational process, and promotes the evolution of ecological thinking, professional responsibility, and the readiness of future healthcare workers to ensure environmental safety within the healthcare sector.

Keywords

ecological culture, medical college student, criteria, indicators, diagnostics, vocational training, environmental safety

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Competing Interests

Liudmyla Bazyl: No real or potential competing interests related to the preparation or publication of this material have been identified.

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