In West China Medical School of Sichuan University, the practice and exploration of the medical curriculum construction of "inquiry-class" teaching mode has been implemented with the support of the school since the spring semester of 2013. As a result a series of achievements have been made through the recruitment of graduate assistants to participate in auxiliary teaching in the mode of "large class teaching - small group discussion", as well as the reform of assessment methods and implementation of formative evaluation plus building effective assessment and management mechanism for curriculum.
The teaching of Clinical Pharmacology plays a very important role in medical education. In this article, we introduce our exploration and practice in Clinical Pharmacology course in West China Hospital of Sichuan University, which combines Good Clinical Practice with teaching methods such as problem-based learning and case-based learning. Furthermore, we analyze the actual effects in optimizing teaching content, renewing teaching mode, and improving teachers’ teaching ability, etc. We hope this article could provide new ideas for the teaching reform of undergraduate Clinical Pharmacology course.
Objective To investigate the current status of higher education of allied health professions (AHPs), professional human resource as well as the career development of allied health professionals, and to provide references for the planning of higher education of AHPs in China. Methods Literature was reviewed in relation to the current status of higher education of AHPs and professional human resource in China. A questionnaire survey was conducted to determine the career development conditions of allied health professionals. Results a) Currently, the higher education of AHPs in China was faced with such problems as a limited scale, a lower structural level, and an absent degree system. b) The number of allied health professionals was small with lower qualifications. Higher-end professionals were in shortage. C) The professionals saw multiples glass ceilings over career orientation, academic advancement, and professional entitlement. Conclusion Efforts should be made to expand the scale of higher education of AHPs, elevate degree structure, and to construct a professional education system with multiple layers and categories. The professional education should be combined with the career development for planning and collaboration to provide assurance for the career development of the professional in China.
ObjectiveTo discuss the present situation of emergency physicians' communicational ability and the intervention measures.
MethodsWe investigated 66 students who participated in continuing medical education of "emergency physicians' communication skills training course" from 2010 to 2013. All students accepted systematic training. After the training, we did the investigation again, and then made a comparison before and after the training.
ResultsA major 78.8% of the students in this training had never taken part in the training of communication skills before; 51.5% of the students thought that the improvement of communication ability could be achieved mainly through long-term accumulation of clinical experiences. Students' self-evaluation showed that communication problem occurred 2 times a year in 10.6% of them, 3 times in 22.7%, 4 times in 24.2%, and five or more times in 34.8%. Students' role playing score in the scenario training rose from 5.374±0.686 to 6.717±0.517 after the training, and the difference was statistically significant (P=0.024).
ConclusionEmergency physicians lack knowledge of communication skills which needs to be improved. Through training, the skills can be improved significantly.
目的 探討診斷學床旁見習教學中學患關系現狀，為提高診斷學床旁教學質量提供應對策略。 方法 采用自行設計問卷，于2010年5月-2011年6月對80名臨床醫學專業三年級本科生以及同期在內科住院的100例患者分別進行不署名學患關系問卷調查（有效問卷率分別為91.3%和67%），同時對8名帶教教師和7名臨床主管醫生進行個別訪談。 結果 學生問卷調查顯示，79.5%的學生曾在床旁教學中遭遇患者不同程度的拒絕或不配合，大多數學生認為有被拒的心理準備和承受力。患者調查顯示，82.1%的患者不愿意接受學生問診查體，58.2%的患者表示即便給予一定經濟補償，也不愿配合教學。而對帶教教師及臨床主管醫師訪談結果顯示，當前床旁帶教難度大大增加，學患關系緊張。 結論 現階段學患關系緊張，根據其涉及原因，提出提升醫務人員及醫學生人文觀念，推進醫療、教育體制改革，建立媒體監督機制，開展公眾教育等多層面的應對策略，同時提出課程設置、教學模式、師資培養等具體教學應對舉措。Objective To explore the present status of the relationship between students and patients in diagnostic bedside teaching, in order to promote the teaching quality. Methods From May 2010 to June 2011, self-made questionnaires were adopted to carry out an anonymous survey among 80 medical students in grade three or above and 100 inpatients to investigate the relationship between the students and the patients(with an effective questionnaire rate of 91.3% and 67% respectively). Eight tutors and 7 physicians concerned were taken in the individual interview. Results The survey showed that 79.5% of the students encountered refusal from patients in bedside teaching, and most of them believed that they had psychological preparation and endurance for the refusal. A total of 82.1% of the patients expressed their unwillingness to accept examination by clinical students, and 58.2% of the patients were unwilling to cooperate in the teaching even with an amount of economic compensation. The tutors and physicians concerned stated that the student-patient relationship was undesirable at present. Conclusions The relationship between students and patients in bedside teaching is strained at present. Based on the complicated reasons, we propose such coping strategies as promoting humanism among medical workers and students, pushing forward the medical and educational reform, building media supervision, developing public education, perfecting course design, teaching style, and cultivation of teachers, and so on.
