The following sections are discussed in detail: health and a healthy lifestyle, the basics of knowledge about medical care, general care for the injured and sick, the basics of epidemiology and infectious diseases, the basics of preventing addictive behavior among young people, features of ensuring the health and healthy lifestyle of a modern person . Knowledge in the discipline “Fundamentals of Medical Knowledge and Healthy Lifestyle” serves as a theoretical and practical basis for mastering a number of disciplines of the variable part of the professional cycle “Physical Education”, “Life Safety” Corresponds to the Federal State Educational Standard for Higher Education of the new generation. For undergraduate students studying in the field of “Pedagogical Education” "and training profiles: "Physical education"; “Psychology and social pedagogy”; "English, German, French"; “History, law”; "Computer science"; "Technological education."