Application and exploration of formative evaluation in embedded SP mode in internal medicine practice teaching / 中华医学教育探索杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To observe the application effect of formative evaluation of embedded standard patient (SP) on internal medicine practice teaching.Methods:In this study, 110 students from our school in Batch 2014 who were interned in the internal medicine of the same affiliated hospital were selected as the research objects, and they were randomized into the experimental group and the control group, with 55 students in each group. The control group was trained with traditional clinical practice teaching methods. The experimental group used SP combined mini-clinical evaluation exercise (Mini-CEX) to participate in the evaluation during the clinical practice teaching of internal medicine. After the internal medical practice, the two groups of students were evaluated by Mini-CEX, and the teaching effect of both groups was evaluated through questionnaires.Results:There was no significant difference in the degree of difficulty in the examinations ( P>0.05), but the test scores of the experimental group were significantly higher than those of the control group. The results of Mini-CEX used in inquiry skills, physical examination, humanistic care, and organizational effectiveness were significantly higher in the experimental group than in the control group. The experimental group was highly satisfied with the formative evaluation of SP participation in improving the effect of internal medicine practice, with statistical significance ( P<0.05). Conclusion:The formative evaluation with SP participation in this study can improve the clinical practice teaching effect of medical students to a certain extent.