Problems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of MedicineProblems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of Medicine0869-866X2412-2106Joint-Stock Company Chicot215010.32687/0869-866X-2023-31-5-937-945Научная статьяTHE CHARACTERISTICS AND PROBLEMS OF PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY OF MEDICAL WORKERS IN CONDITIONS OF COVID-19 PANDEMICKarimovA. G.MigunovaYu. V.The Institute of Social Economic Studies the Detached Structural Division of The Federal State Budget Scientific Institution “The Ufa Federal Research Center of The Russian Academy of Sciences”, 450054, Ufa, Russia2810202331593794505082025Copyright © 2023,2023The article is based on the results of sociological survey of medical workers of the Republic of Bashkortostan in 2021. The approaches to issues of their professional activities are analyzed. It is argued that the COVID-19 pandemic has aggravated a number of systemic problems accumulated in health care system in last years. The main difficulties are associated with shortage of medical personnel, increased workload, low remuneration of labor of medical workers, unpractical work organization decreasing quality of medical care, etc. The majority of respondents (68.4%) are not satisfied with their salaries. The highest percentage of negative assessments is fixed among physicians and paramedical personnel. The amount of average monthly salary of junior medical personnel is so low that it does not correlate with the minimum wage accepted in the Republic. The study discovered sufficiently high occupational risk, determined by biological production factor related to possibility COVID-19 contamination. The assessment of occupational morbidity demonstrated that at present the most widely-spread occupational pathologies in medical workers are infection with COVID-19 (70.2%) and emotional burnout syndrome (67.2%). Such measures as annual dispensarization, provision of medical workers with sanatorium-and-spa vouchers are obviously insufficient. Only 14.1% of respondents could underwent annual medical examination. Only 13.8% of respondents had opportunity to take advantage of sanatorium-and-spa vouchers. The study revealed deficiency of personnel in medical organizations among paramedical and junior medical personnel and physicians as well.sociology of medicinemedical workeroccupational morbidityworking conditionssalaryprofessional riskcoronavirus infectionCOVID-19professional structure.социология медицинымедицинские работникипрофессиональная заболеваемостьусловия трудаоплата трудапрофессиональный рискновая коронавирусная инфекция COVID-19профессиональная структура медицинских работников.[Нухов А. «В коллективе накипело»: почему врачи Ишимбайской ЦРБ в Башкирии объявили забастовку. Makset.ru — региональный новостной портал. Пятница 21 янв. 2022. 8601. 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