Application of humanistic literacy and clinical practice ability training in postgraduate courses of geriatrics / 中华医学教育探索杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To explore the application value of humanistic literacy and clinical practice ability training in postgraduate courses of geriatrics.Methods:Postgraduates in Zhejiang University School of Medicine were taken as research objects. The teaching curriculum combining humanistic literacy and clinical practice ability training was set as the course of experimental group, and the teacher-led teaching course was set as the course of control group. The questionnaire survey was conducted to the evaluate the teaching effect among the postgraduates from three aspects classroom situation, knowledge application and ability training. SPSS 17.0 was used for t-test. Results:The teaching of combining humanistic literacy and clinical practice ability training in classroom atmosphere, participation, teacher-student communication, helping memory, knowledge comprehension, knowledge application, collaboration ability, expression ability, organizational ability, knowledge acquisition ability, and autonomous learning ability scores of the experimental group were (3.96±0.20), (3.92±0.28), (3.75±0.44), (3.92±0.28), (3.96±0.20), (3.96±0.20), (3.83±0.38), (3.92±0.28), (3.79±0.41), (3.88±0.34), and (3.83±0.38), which were better than those of the control group, especially in classroom atmosphere, participation, knowledge application, expression ability, and autonomous learning ability.Conclusion:The combination of humanistic literacy and clinical practice ability training can significantly improve the classroom atmosphere of geriatric postgraduate courses, enhance students' medical humanistic literacy, familiarize students with the core skills of geriatrics, and improve students' ability to express and learn independently.