Ukrainian pedagogical science has been considerably enriched by the works of prominent educator K.D. Ushynsky who made a significant contribution to the development of education and world pedagogy. Education as an important component of the educational process at higher medical educational institutions is determined by a special idea about the moral and conscious personality, proposed by K.D. Ushynsky, which manifests itself in a purely human phenomenon of conscience. Field of medicine is considered as a special branch of human activity where the mind and thinking as basic characteristics of a professional are closely interacted. Therefore, morality as an integral part of medicine must be inculcated to medical students in the teaching of foreign languages at higher educational institutions.

Key words: education, medical students, morality, consciousness, teaching science, higher education, medical institution, personality.