Scientific medical schools and socio-cultural environment of the region: on the history of Kuban medical schools (theoretical aspect)

The paper addresses the theoretical aspects of studying the influence of medical scientific schools as independent associations on the development of the socio-cultural environment of a region and their history, using Kuban as an example. The purpose of the article is to identify the key elements of a comprehensive study concerning the contribution of scientific medical schools to the development of the socio-cultural environment through the lens of the science of science. The study is based on a combination of philosophical, general scientific, and particular scientific methodological levels. Primary importance is given to the use of a systematic and integrative approach, which makes it possible to consider scientific medical schools as a single, integral system. The methodology mainly included analytical, deductive, and classification methods. The authors consider the concept of a "scientific school" as an element of scientific education inherent in Soviet and post-Soviet scientific humanitarian thought, as well as the analogous concept of an "invisible college" in foreign scholarship. The question of defining scientific schools from the perspective of medical science is raised. Attention is focused on the classification of scientific medical schools, the role of the leader, and the composition (members) of these research associations. It is noted that the socio-cultural environment itself has become one of the key concepts of modern society, one which most accurately characterizes its cultural and spiritual component and the processes occurring within it. The definition of the socio-cultural environment and its components within the framework of the activities of scientific medical schools is examined, along with the definition of such a phenomenon as medical culture. In conclusion, it is argued that conducting research into the influence of scientific medical schools on the processes occurring in the socio-cultural environment is associated with a number of difficulties. The primary one is the formation of a clear understanding by the researcher of the subject of such study. The scientific novelty lies in the fact that the materials of the article contribute to implementing research and advancing the problems of scientific medical schools, society, and culture as complementary aspects of the professional activities of a doctor and a scientist. The authors declare no conflicts of interests.

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