The article is devoted to the analysis of methods of teaching pulmonology in different groups of therapists and medical specialists. It is shown that modern methods of training primary care physicians do not meet the demands of the time and modern realities of practical activity and life. The reasons for this circumstance are analyzed from different sides. It is shown that the applied teaching methods do not improve the knowledge of doctors and transfer it to practical activity. New training schemes are proposed that allow doctors, primarily primary care physicians, to more fully provide and consolidate their knowledge, as well as to interpolate the acquired knowledge into their practical activities.