Advanced training of physical education teachers in the field of medical and pedagogical control

According to the authors of this article, one of the main directions of development of teachers’ advanced training system is to organize training activities based on a modular principle. Practice implementation of qualifying modular courses in institutions of additional professional education in teachers advanced training allowed the authors to clarify the essence of the modular education technology, its advantages over the subject system and realizing it in the course of additional professional training. The article shows the necessity of formation of skills and medical-pedagogical control skills in physical education at school in the course of advanced training. The purpose of the authors study was to develop a modular program of a special course aimed at improving the level of professional readiness of physical education teacher in the field of medical and pedagogical control. The article describes the purpose, objectives, as well as a basic set of the special course “Medical and pedagogical control in physical education”.