This article examines the issue of introducing continuing education (including medical education) at the constitutional level, indicates the advantages and disadvantages of existing approach to this innovation. It is concluded that this situation is generally consistent with the current trends in terms of granting this right in the constitutional guarantee. However, the problem has not yet been resolved at the legislative level. This is confirmed both by the fact that at present there is no federal law (federal constitutional law) that would regulate this area of legal relations in detail, and by the fact that as of 2020 / early 2021 there is not even a corresponding draft law that could be analyzed as part of an academic discussion. The presence of such an unresolved problem can lead to a violation, first of all, of the rights of medical workers, since the indicated gap does not contribute to the realization of the needs of health personnel to obtain the missing knowledge. In addition, there are also no effective mechanisms for the implementation of this constitutional right, which is associated both with the low technical equipment of the relevant educational organizations, and with the lack of free time for doctors to realize this right. These problems need to be solved systematically at the state level with the involvement of a wide range of stakeholders: practicing doctors, representatives of the scientific community, educational organizations.