Reflection on the application-audit system for medical doctoral enrollment in Peking Union Medical College Hospital / 中华医学教育探索杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To analyze the situation of doctoral enrollment work in Peking Union Medical College Hospital after the change of enrollment mode from "unified enrollment examination" to "application-assessment" system, and summarize the enrollment work.Methods:The information of candidates in two different enrollment methods of the unified enrollment examination in 2016 and the application-assessment system in 2017 and 2018 was collected and compared. The opinions of doctoral candidates in 2018 on the application-assessment system were collected by questionnaires. Excel 2016 was used to input data for descriptive statistical analysis and SPSS 20.0 was used to analyze the quantitative data by chi-square tested and t-tested.Results:Since 2016, the total number of candidates applying for Peking Union Medical College Hospital has shown a downward trend, and the age of candidates has shown a trend towards younger age. However, there was no statistical difference in candidate's gender, source of students, and their Master's Graduation Schools. Only among the 2017 and 2018 academic degree candidates, there was a statistical difference in scores between the freshman and the previous student ( P=0.025). The results of the questionnaire showed that students were highly satisfied with "application-audit" system of Peking Union Medical College Hospital (82.54%, 52/63). More than 90.00% of the students agreed with the evaluation indexes. Additionally, 85.71%(54/63) of students suggested that professional and academic types use different enrollment evaluation indicators, which could fully reflect the quality of professionalism and the training potential of cultivation. Conclusion:The change of enrollment model from "unified admission examination" to "application-audit" system has little impact on the candidates of Peking Union Medical College Hospital. In the process of implementing the "application-assessment" system, the Educational Management Department of Peking Union Medical College Hospital has actively explored the system construction and standardization process, and supervised the whole enrollment process, which has gained the trust and recognition of candidates as well as high student satisfaction.