Evidence-based psychotherapy is an idea and performance reform in the clinical practice of psychology
which is influenced by evidence-based medicine. It proposes to integrate the best available evidence provided by
researchers, the clinical expertise of practitioners, and the patient’s characteristics, cultures and preferences, so as to
achieve the best treatment. The development of evidence-based psychotherapy can be divided into two stages: empirically
supported treatments and evidence-based practice. This paper reviews existing problems as well as developing tendencies.
Objective To explore the short term and long term effectiveness of the problem-based learning (PBL) in clinical skill training. Methods A total of 162 clinical medicine undergraduates in Grade 2003 (7-years study) and 2004 (5-year study) who were supposed to intern in the internal medicine departments were randomly divided into the PBL group (n=75) and the control group with traditional training (n=87) for having their clinical skills training. Then t test was applied to compare the two groups about the scores of intern rotation examination and graduate OSCE as well. Results About the baseline: the students in the two groups got similar scores in their internal medicine exam before clinical intern rotation (84.04±7.40 vs. 82.63±8.77, P=0.287). About the short term effectiveness: compared to the control group, the students in the PBL group got higher subjective evaluation from their supervised clinicians (P=0.006). In writing examination, the students of those two group got similar scores in knowledge part (54.17±9.26 vs. 51.67±9.56, P=0.92), while the PBL group won in case reasoning question (20.39±5.27 vs. 16.51±4.90, Plt;0.001). About the long term effectiveness: in the graduate OSCE, the two groups got similar scores in skills operation such as punctures and lab results analyses (P=0.567 and P=0.741), while the students in the PBL group had better performance at the case reasoning and standard patients treating (75.59±9.85 vs. 71.11±12.01, P=0.027). Conclusion With the great short term and long term effectiveness, the PBL applied in the clinical skill training improves the students’ ability of both synthesized analyses and the integrated clinical skills such as clinical thinking and interpersonal communication, but doesn’t aim at the basic knowledge and operation skills.
ObjectiveTo explore the teaching effects of scene simulation of medical disputes in clinical skills training.
MethodsBetween September 2012 and June 2013, 93 clinical medicine undergraduates in Grade 2010 (8-year study) were randomly divided into the scene simulation teaching of medical disputes group (n=47) and the control group with traditional training (n=46) for clinical skills training. Teaching effects were assessed by clinical skills operation tests.
ResultsThrough scene simulation teaching of medical disputes, the trainees' clinical disposal ability, operating skills, communication skills, cultural knowledge, and legal knowledge dimension scores were all significantly better than previous tests (P<0.05).
ConclusionScene simulation of medical disputes has an obvious advantage in clinical skills training.
