Problems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of MedicineProblems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of Medicine0869-866X2412-2106Joint-Stock Company Chicot149010.32687/0869-866X-2024-32-3-438-444НеопределенDEVELOPMENT OF THE SECTOR of R&D development in Russian HIGHER medical education in digitization conditionsAstratovaGalina Vladimirovnagalina_28@mail.ruSimchenkoNataliia Aleksandrovnanatalysimchenko@yandex.ruIzmailovAirat Maratovichairick73@bk.ruThe Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education “The First President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin Ural Federal University”, 620002, Yekaterinburg, RussiaThe Federal State Government Educational Institution “The Ural Juridical Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation”, 620057, Yekaterinburg, RussiaThe Federal State Budget Educational Institution of Higher Education “The St. Petersburg State University”, 199034 St. Petersburg, RussiaThe Federal State Budget Educational Institution of Higher Education “The Volga Region State University of Telecommunications and Informatics”, 443010, Samara, RussiaThe Federal State Budget Educational Institution of Higher Education “The Samara State Medical University” of Minzdrav of Russia, 443099, Samara, Russia290620243232204202522042025Copyright © 2025,2025<p>The article considers results of study of the RD sector directions development in system of Russian medical higher education in the context of digitization. The analysis made it possible to substantiate timeliness and importance of solving problems of improving medical services quality against the background of necessity for medical workers to systematically master breakthrough digital technologies in current medical practice. This conditions importance to ensure efficiency of RD in Russian higher medical education in the context of digitization. The main models of organization of activities in the field of RD are characterized, taking into account sources of financing and staffing. Based on on-line surveys of students in Google docs about their attitude to their further participation in RD during education and after graduation, weak motivation to be engaged in RD during their university education was revealed that is justified by non-obviousness of prospects of financial remuneration. 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