The purpose of the article is to demonstrate the program of the pilot distance course «Fundamentals of the methodology of the development of the electronic course in the field of medical education » to improve the qualifications of teachers of higher medical educational institutions in the use of information and educational web technologies, taking into account modern trends in the development of education and health needs. Methods for assessing the effectiveness of training – questionnaires before and after the training course, the number of electronic courses in the distance-learning platform. As a result of training in the course, the creation of 646 electronic training courses in department categories was started with the placement of methodological information for students in them. According to the survey of 109 teachers, the majority of respondents - 108 teachers (99.08%) confirmed that it was convenient for them to work in the electronic course; the majority of teachers – 108 teachers (99.08%) confirmed that they were disciplined by the need to submit work for verification in each topic of the e-learning course; most of the teachers 97 (88.99%) who were trained in the course were able to immediately implement the acquired knowledge into everyday pedagogical work; the majority of teachers who completed training in the course assessed their level of knowledge on the methodology for the development of electronic courses in the field of medical education «Good» – 62 (56.88%), 37 teachers – «Excellent» (33.94%). The experience of conducting professional development training in the field of medical education can become the basis for the implementation of the national strategy of continuous medical education, the creation of high-quality educational content, both for undergraduate and postgraduate stages of training.