EXPERT JUDGEMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION OF A MULTI-LEVEL SYSTEM OF MEDICAL SUPPORT OF SPORTS TRAINING IN THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS

Abstract

The article presents the results of the analysis of the expert assessment of the organization of medical support for sports training conducted on the basis of the Swot-analysis before and after the introduction of the new multi-level system of medical support for sports training (MSMSТ) in the Republic of Belarus (2020–2024). The study involved 53 experts with higher medical education. An analysis of the consistency of expert opinion on the assessment of the functioning of the MSMSТ and the main areas that make up its activities was also conducted. An analysis of the organization of medical support for sports training before and after the implementation of the MSMSТ showed a statistically significant increase in the positive opinion of the expert assessment from the implementation of the MSMSТ both in general (Mann-Whitney U Test: z = –8.47, p = 0.00001) and by its individual criteria. Expert opinion showed that the implementation of the MSMSТ in the country ensured an increase in the quality and efficiency of the service, which was due to the development and implementation of regulatory legal acts regulating various areas of activity, improvement of medical activities, provision of information technologies, organization of mandatory testing of various parameters of athlete activity based on scientific developments, improvement of organizational and methodological support, as well as a newly created area – organization of educational activities.