ISSN Print 2713-0894
ISSN Online 2713-0908
BIOMEDICAL JOURNAL OF ERMC EASTERN EUROPEAN
Copyright: © 2026 by the authors. Licensee: Pirogov University.
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY).
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY).
OPINION
Teaching the russian language to indian medical students: ethical challenges faced by a teacher of russian as a foreign language
About authors
Yaroslavl State Medical University, Yaroslavl, Russia
Correspondence should be addressed: Julia A Suryaninova
Revolutsionnaya Str., 5, Yaroslavl, 150000, Russia; ur.xobni@hcsirg.ailuj
About paper
Author contribution: Suryaninova JA, Bernhardt OV — analysis and synthesis of literature related to the topic, generalization of pedagogical experience, preparation of the text of the article.
Received: 2026-06-26
Accepted: 2026-07-26
Published online: 2026-08-20
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The article explores the ethical issues arising when teaching Russian as a Foreign Language (RFL) to medical students from India at Russian medical universities. The issues of intercultural communication, ethical training, medical ethics concepts for foreign medical students, and ethical challenges faced by a RFL teacher in a diverse classroom are reviewed. The role of language standards, language mediation, and associated moral and ethical challenges is shown. The ways to solve these ethical issues based on scientific literature and teaching practice at Yaroslavl State Medical University are suggested.
Keywords: deontology, medical education, professional ethics, Russian as a foreign language (RFL), students from India, intercultural communication, language mediation