Differences in thinking styles among medical students:A case study of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine / 中华医学教育探索杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the differences and the features of thinking styles among undergrad-uates in Beijing University of Chinese Medicine. Methods The thinking styles of a total of 120 under-graduates of grade 3 and 4 were investigated with Sternberg Thinking Style Scale (Chinese version) by ran-dom cluster sampling. All statistical analyses were performed with SPSS software (version 20.0) by means of t-test, analysis of variance and rank sum test. Results The score of oligarchic style in traditional Chinese medicine, traditional Chinese medicine and management students was (4.09±0.67), (3.64±0.50) and (3.72± 0.56) respectively, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.01). The score of legislative style was (5.14±0.63) in boys and (4.90±0.62) in girls, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The score of judicial style was (4.46 ±0.56) and (4.23 ±0.62) respectively, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The score of monarchic style was (4.22±0.52) and (3.79±0.57) respectively, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.001). The score of global style was (4.36 ±0.48) and (4.00 ± 0.63) respectively, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.01). The score of internal style was (4.48 ±0.74) and (4.18 ±0.76) respectively, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The score of liberal style was (4.79 ±0.71) and (4.49 ±0.68) respectively, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The score of judicial style in undergraduates with and without parents engaged in health industry was (3.97±0.64) and (4.35±0.59) respectively, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The score of anarchic style was (4.39 ±0.32) and (4.06 ±0.50) respectively, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). Conclusion Correlated with undergraduate majors, gender and parents' background, Medical students differ in legislative style, judicial style, monarchic style, oligarchic style, anarchic style, global style, internal style and liberal style, which correlates with gender, major and parents' background.