Abstract
This article is devoted to the optimization of the educational process in the study of general surgery in a credit-modular system. The reform of higher education in accordance with international requirements, in particular with the principles of the Bologna Declaration, should always preserve the peculiarities of the national education system. This problem has a multifaceted nature. The main task of the clinical department, in particular the Department of General Surgery, is to form students' clinical thinking, a sufficient amount of theoretical knowledge and practical skills necessary for a modern doctor.