Аннотация: In the twenty-first century the functions of the instructor in the system of higher education change significantly: the traditional information-translating function is being replaced by a facilitating and communication-organizing one. The main task of the educator (professor, lecturer) is not to transfer knowledge, skills and experience, but to contribute to the construction of an individual trajectory of the formation and development of a competent professional. Undoubtedly, in order to successfully solve this problem, the academic staff of the medical university must possess not only a high level of medical competence, but also a pedagogical one, as well as having a steady motivation and desire for continuous self-improvement.
In this regard, the urgent problem nowadays is to develop effective tools for assessing the pedagogical competence of a medical university instructor taking into account the requirements of the professional standard “Teachers of professional training, professional education and additional vocational education”