Tamara A. Romanenko

legislative and organizational provision of mass diseases prevention in the Russian Federation is analysed in the article. The qualitative model of this work has been developed based on the theory of functional systems. Recommendations for improvement of the higher medical education are given.

a literature review of popular in different countries the case – method of education was made, as well as worked out and implemented the principles of it’s use in the competence-based approach of hygiene teaching at medical universities.