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Extensive attention was paid on how to ensure the cultivation quality for postgraduates with professional degree under the background of the enrollment expansion.The problems in the cultivation of postgraduates with professional degree including declined quality among enrolled students,inefficient training program,unsound management system and little clinical operation chance were analyzed combined with the practice and explore in the clinical competence training for postgraduates with professional degree in Guangxi university of Traditional Chinese Medicine.Some countermeasures were put forward in improving clinical competence for postgraduates with professional degree,for instance the improvement of the management system,tutor team,quality supervision system,clinical skill training and the construction of training bases.
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Objective To evaluate the association between maternal serum levels of vitamin B12 and folate and neural tube defects (NTD) in Shanxi Province which with the extremely high prevalence of NTD in China. Methods A case-control study was conducted in five counties of Shanxi Province, China. Maternal concentrations of vitamin B12 and folate [expressed as G (P5-P95)]in NTD-affected pregnancies were dichotomized at a cut-off of 10th percentile of the mean values of control women to calculate the risk of NTD for the lower level group. Results The mean levels of serum vitamin B12 and folate in the NTD pregnancies were significantly lower than in the control [vitamin B12 83. 8 pmol/L(30. 5-209. 1) pmol/L vs 102. 6 pmol/L(51. 9-269. 7) pmol/L, P<0. 05; folate:10. 5 pmol/L(4. 4-24. 5) nmol/L vs 12. 9 pmol/L(6. 3-32. 7) nmol/L, P<0. 01]. In cases complicated with spina bifida, lower maternal serum vitamin B12 and folate levels were detected compared with the control group. While, in those complicated with anencephaly, only lower levels of maternal folate were shown. There was no statistical significance in maternal serum concentrations of vitamin B12 and folate between those cases with encephalocele and controls. Higher risk of NTDs were found in pregnant women with lower level of vitamin B12 and folate (AOR = 2. 58, 95% CI: 1. 20-5. 51; AOR= 2. 76, 95%CI: 1. 30-5. 87). Conclusions Deficiency or insufficiency of folate or vitamin B12 is associated with the increased risk of NTD, especially in high risk population.
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By describing the humanities educational status in medical universities,the authors show the comparatively lower level and the more simple and backward humanities education ways in China and point out that administrators should perform the humanities education all round,not only from the curriculum offering but also from the class contents and the campus humanities environments to make the humanities education penetrate in every part of medical education.