%0 Journal Article %T [DEVELOPMENT OF THE SECTOR of R&D development in Russian HIGHER medical education in digitization conditions]. %A Astratova GV %A Simchenko NA %A Izmailov AM %J Probl Sotsialnoi Gig Zdravookhranenniiai Istor Med %V 32 %N 3 %D 2024 May %M 39003552 暂无%R 10.32687/0869-866X-2024-32-3-438-444 %X The article considers results of study of the R&D 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 R&D in Russian higher medical education in the context of digitization. The main models of organization of activities in the field of R&D 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 R&D during education and after graduation, weak motivation to be engaged in R&D during their university education was revealed that is justified by non-obviousness of prospects of financial remuneration. Along with this, study established high degree of interest among students to mastering breakthrough digital technologies in order to further apply them in medical practice together with the latest medical technologies.