MEDICAL LITERACY OF STUDENTS FROM INDIA OF THE INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL FACULTY OF NcJSC “MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF KARAGANDA
This article presents an assessment about the level of medical literacy of students of the international medical faculty of the NCJSC "Karaganda Medical University". Assessment of the level of medical literacy was carried out using a specially designed, short version of the medical literacy questionnaire (HL - SF12). The average value of the General Medical Literacy Index was 31,83 ± 0,86 points, which can be described as “sufficient” in accordance with the classification of the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire (HLS- EU-Q).