Participatory Teaching Class for MBBS Students / 昆明医科大学学报

Objective To determine the effect of participatory teaching method in the Clinic teaching of internal medicine for MBBS students. Methods The 60 MBBS students were divided into group A and B, 30 students in each group. Participatory teaching was done in group A, and traditional teaching was carried out in group B,and the effects of the two types of teaching methods were compared. Results In the clinic teaching of internal medicine, the effects in improving students' clinical thinking and practical ability, creativeness, initiative and efficiency were better in the participatory teaching method than in traditional teaching method (P＜0.05) . Conclusion The effects of participatory teaching in the clinic teaching of internal medicine for MBBS students was better than the traditional teaching.

Application and satisfaction surveys of participatory teaching approach in teaching of Medical Research Method / 中华医学教育探索杂志

Objective To explore and evaluate the effects of participatory teaching approach in the teaching of medical research methods. Methods The students of clinical medicine of Grade 2007 who took the elective course of medical scientific research method were taken as traditional teaching group, taught by teachers only, while the students of clinical medicine of Grade 2008 and 2009 as participatory teaching group, adopting the way of teachers' lectures and students' participation. At the end of the course, the questionnalre survey method combining interviews was used to investigate the teaching effectiveness, using descriptive analysis and chi-square test to compare the effectiveness between the traditional teaching methods and the participatory teaching methods. Results Compared with the traditional 'teachers centered' method, the 'participatory teaching approach' had better teach-ing results. Through the study of this course, 54 students (42.9%) learned how to conduct scientific research topics, 44 students (34.9%) mastered the design of the questionnalre, 59 students (46.8%) enhanced their ability of data analysis. Students' learning motivation and satisfaction were higher, and 117 student's participation (92.8%) were satisfied with the curriculum setting. Conclusion In medical research method teaching, the effect of participatory teaching method teaching is superior to the tradi-tional teaching method, and students' motivation and satisfaction are higher.