A survey about health statistics instructional needs of postgraduates / 中华医学教育探索杂志

ObjectiveTo get to know the status of health statistics postgraduate teaching and requirements during the study, and provide a basis to improve medical statistics teaching. MethodsPostgraduate students of 2008 grade of Dalian Medical University were selected randomly and filled in the self-designed questionnaire. Results52.6％ of the students considered that medical statistics was more important than other courses. 72.6％ of the students thought that medical statistics was difficult. Up to 30％of the students couldn't master and apply superior statistical analysis technique. ConclusionThe results of the survey offered basis and direction for enhancing the teaching quality and improving teaching methods.