The article is devoted to the urgent problem of the formation of professional thinking in future doctors, its role in a medical university as the basis of professional activity in practical health care is shown. The individual styles of educational activity and the types of mental activity of students in the direction of "Clinical Medicine" (General Medicine and Pediatrics) of the Ural State Medical University are determined.
Keywords: professional thinking, medical education, learners, educational activity style, typology of thinking
