In order to ensure the rapid and effective inclusion of a young specialist in professional activities, his active participation in the activities and development of the university, his or her professional development, within the framework of the planned lectures at the school of a young teacher by the head of the Department of General Education Disciplines G.T. Uranhaeva on December 22, 2023, a training session was held on the topic “Developing critical thinking skills as the main task of education and professional development in the XXI century”, as a result of which students formed ideas about what critical thinking is as a basis for effective human existence in the modern information space, critical thinking technologies were identified, basic skills for using them in the development of their own training courses and in teaching medical disciplines.