Application of multimedia situational teaching method in the teaching of general surgery / 中华医学教育探索杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the application of multimedia situational teaching in general surgery . Methods A total of 142 students with a five-year undergraduate program in clinical medicine from school year 2014 to 2015 were selected as the observation group to undergo situational teaching, while 155 students with the same program from school year 2015 to 2016 as the control group to adopt the traditional teaching. In the observation group, the pathophysiological changes, clinical signs, differential diagnosis and surgical complications of the disease were created. Specifically, the anatomic structure and pathophysiological changes of the disease were demonstrated in multi-dimensional and three-dimensional forms by animation, the physical pictures and clinical signs of patients were used to show the clinical signs of diseases, and video and photographs of the operation were used to create scenarios of complications during the operation. The teaching evaluation included students' written examination results and questionnaires which covered whether the students satisfied with the situational teaching method, and their evaluation of teachers and personal gains, etc. T test was performed by using SPSS 21.0. Results The average test score of the observation group (67.56±8.27) was significantly higher than that of the control group (65.89±5.53) (P<0.05). The satisfaction rate of students towards situational teaching and their personal achievements were both 97.9％ (139/142). Conclusion The multimedia situational teaching is specific and vivid, which can improve students' learninginterest and teaching effect. However, it also bears higher requirements for teachers, con-sequently the application should of specific purpose.