About the necessity and perspectives of forming of social-cultural tolerance of medical students

In the article we have analyzed and characterized: a) specific features of manifestation and formation of sociocultural tolerance of a medical student; b) available researches in the area of tolerance formation; c) peculiar features of students' tolerance formation at educational process at higher school; d) stages of sociocultural tolerance formation of a medical student. The analysis of the items reported makes proves that on the basis of the sociocultural tolerance formation methods and considering all the peculiarities of the professional activity-to-be and educational possibilities of higher medical educational establishments it is possible to work out and to inculcate prognostic model of sociocultural tolerance formation of medical students.