History of creating a training film on clinical laboratory diagnosis: the initial phase of clinical simulation in medical education

In the 1970s, the laboratory service was actively reorganized in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. One of the key specialists in this field was Victoria T. Morozova, Professor, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), Head of the Department of Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics of the Russian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education.

In 1971, Morozova was appointed as Chief Consultant of the Ministry of Health of the USSR in Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics. Under her leadership, clinical and diagnostic laboratories were separated into independent departments within medical centers. This pioneered the introduction of modern educational technologies in the educational process.

Morozova also participated in the creation of the first educational film on clinical laboratory diagnostics—Methods of Gastric Secretion Examination. This film became a teaching aid for the USSR medical universities.

The clinical simulation experience acquired while watching the film was successfully used by the departmental team in the 2020s during a new coronavirus infection pandemic. It enabled rapid transition of the learning process to an online format with digital technology. Seminars, short-term training courses, audio and teleconferences for the Russian clinical diagnostic laboratory specialists were developed.