Problems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of MedicineProblems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of Medicine0869-866X2412-2106Joint-Stock Company Chicot161010.32687/0869-866X-2025-33-2-295-300НеопределенThe modern trends in personnel training for health care in the Allied State of Russia and BelarusAstratovaGalina 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 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, Russia290420253321005202510052025Copyright © 2025,2025<p>The article analyses current trends in training of young specialists carried out by higher and secondary vocational educational institutions in the Union State of Russia and Belarus today. The study permitted to substantiate existing problems in health care related to staffing and high turnover of personnel. This situation determines special significance of staffing for health care system, especially in the light of development of digitization. The on-line surveys of students in Google docs concerning their attitudes towards prospect of their further participation in RD during and after graduation were carried out. The surveys included questions concerning assessment of quality of digital technology adoption that permitted to identify most attractive areas of digital medicine development for respondents. The particular trends related to training of health care personnel in the Union State of Russia and Belarus were revealed, including increase in the number of medical graduates in the Russian Federation, while in Belarus this indicator is decreasing. 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