федеральный государственный образовательный стандарт, высшее медицинское образование, фундаментальные знания, качество здравоохранения, federal educational standard, higher medical education, fundamental knowledge, quality of health care, Education

The authors strongly argue that the role of fundamental knowledge in the course of physicians’ training is evidently underestimated. This paper addresses to a wide readership auditory, and its aim is an invitation for a comprehensive discussion of the future of higher medical education.