Urologist and surgeon A. G. Martov shared his thoughts about the problems of modern medical education

— A wonderful combination of professions in your biography: urological and foreign languages. How come?

— In Soviet times, when I was learning foreign languages is not valued as it is now. But it helped me progress, I was able to study foreign literature about urology, at the time, as my fellow students have been deprived.

— What is your attitude to the Soviet education and health care?

— Regarding urological region this statement is fundamentally wrong. In Russia no less competent experts than abroad.

— This applies to a narrow specialty. What about medical care in General?

— Educational system in the Soviet Union was much more serious than the current one. Modern young professionals from a variety of favors, bribery and paid education that in the Bud kills the professionalism.

That is, today's students are more concerned about future earnings than knowledge?

— Medicine will never be quite profitable. That would not do specialist, Bank employees will still pay more, so the motivation to say difficult.