The article analyzes the results of a study conducted by the university employment center for graduates of the annual large-scale event in the field of promoting employment and building a career trajectory «KSMU Job fair», which participants are employers from more than 20 regions of the Russian Federation and students of final courses of secondary, higher and postgraduate education. In 2020, in connection with the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19), the event was held in a remote format and was called «KSMU Electronic job fair - 2020». The organizational conditions on which the successful conduct of a career event of an all-Russian scale in electronic format depends. An assessment of the satisfaction of the event participants with the level of its holding and efficiency is presented.

The article presents the results of studies to study public opinion on the problem of independent drug trafficking in the Kursk region. Kurians, regardless of income level and social status, believe that the level of drug addiction in the region is not high. Most of the respondents believe that the work of regional structures in the prevention of the spread of narcotic substances is not effective enough. Among the most effective measures to prevent drug addiction, the respondents consider preventive conversations with the participation of former drug addicts. Residents of the Kursk region believe that the prevention of drug addiction among young people should be dealt with by parents, educational and medical organizations.

Bleeding during surgery or in the early postoperative period remains one of the main problems of surgery, in particular surgery of parenchymal organs. At the present stage, various local hemostatic agents are widely used. To select a specific hemostatic agent in certain operations, it is necessary to have an understanding of the properties of various application hemostatic agents, their effectiveness, features of biodegradation, etc. For this purpose, methods for studying the properties of hemostatic agents in in vitro and in vivo experiments are being developed. Purpose of research. Description of the stages and main methods of research of various properties of spongy hemostatic agents based on the authors ' personal experience.

This article shows the attitude of medical students to corruption in modern society, in particular, medicine, law and other spheres of life. The most effective methods of fighting corruption are identified, according to future doctors. Anti-corruption methods were evaluated based on the experience of other countries. The data was obtained on the basis of an anonymous survey.

The article presents the results of research on the study of the effect of broadband electromagnetic fields on a macroorganism in an experiment. Electromagnetic fields with different characteristics can affect the systems of living organisms in different ways, including the immune system, which is sensitive to electromagnetic influences. Broadband electromagnetic fields have an immunostimulating effect, as evidenced by the increase in the enzymatic activity of peritoneal macrophages in reaction with nitro blue tetrazolium.

Period 2014-2019 characterized by a certain increase in social instability in Russia, which led to an increase of social risk factors for drug addiction. In the Kursk region, at the same time, there have been changes in the regulation of anti-drug prevention, a large number of specialists have been trained, and a movement of competent volunteers has developed. In this regard, the epidemiological data for 2014-2019 are of particular interest. For the period from 2005 to 2019 the primary incidence of alcohol use disorders in Russia decreased from 147.4 to 48.3, in the Kursk region - from 106 to 53.5 cases per 100 000 population per year. Of the adjacent regions in 2019, a lower incidence rate than in the Kursk region was noted only in the Belgorod region - 39.4 cases per 100,000 population. Primary incidence of disorders associated with the use of narcotic active substances, during 2014-2019 in Russia as a whole decreased from 15 to 9.8, in the Kursk region - from 11.3 to 4 new cases per 100 000 inhabitants per year. In 2019, the detection rate of primary incidence of drug addiction and substance abuse was significantly higher than in the Kursk region in Bryansk and Lipetsk. Despite favorable trends, it was noted that the coronavirus pandemic and the restrictions introduced to combat it can have a significant impact on the risk factors for drug addiction, which requires the adaptation of preventive programs to new conditions.