This article describes the types and components of speech activity. The effectiveness of these components and their influence in the process of teaching students of a non-linguistic university is revealed. The article defines and substantiates the pedagogical conditions conducive to the effective formation of the professional speech culture of medical students. The effectiveness of acmelinguistic competence in the process of professional training of medical students, which presupposes a spectrum of his personal qualities, consisting of motivational, value, ethical, social and other components, has been determined.