A Comparative Analysis of Educational Effectiveness and Student Satisfaction in Early Exposure Training Programs / 医学教育

1) We performed a questionnaire survey of educational effectiveness and student satisfaction in regards to early exposure training programs.<br>2) The most effective educational training programs were, in descending order, "outpatient escort practice," "nursery practice," and "ward nursing practice." The programs with the highest levels of student satisfaction were, in descending order, "nursery practice," "severely mentally disabled patients' care practice," and "experimental learning practice of wheelchair activity." Because we found a large discrepancy between educational effectiveness and student satisfaction, we searched for factors influencing student satisfaction by analyzing the comments students made about each training program.<br>3) Factors that significantly affected both student satisfaction and educational effectiveness were "useful experience for future medical practice," "feeling of being able to help others," and "a sense of achievement."

An Exploration of Teaching Obstetrics and Gynecology in English / 中华医学教育探索杂志

Based on an analysis of the problems emerged from a clinical course that uses English to teach selected chapters of Obstetrics and Gynecology for the students enrolled in a seven-year program in medical science,our paper proposes methods to improve the quality in teaching.The students need to strengthen English in medical areas and be well-prepaired before class.The instructor needs to improve English and make sufficient preparations for the teaching.These conditions are conductive to satisfactory educational effectiveness of teaching Obstetrics and Gynecology in English.

Effective Problem-based Learning in Clinical Clerkships in Home Medical Care: Learning with Actual Patients / 医学教育

Problem-based learning (PBL) has been recognized as an effective method of medical education in many countries. Because establishing comprehensive PBL is often difficult, we attempted to use clinical clerkship in home medical care as an opportunity for comprehensive PBL education. Both students and teachers benefitted by studying the backgrounds and needs of home medical care patients, discussing various topics, and recognizing and discussing multiple aspects of medicine. Our experiences suggest that this style of learning can be an effective method of PBL education in any medical school and that clinical clerkships in home medical care can easily be adapted for effective PBL with actual patients.