Postgraduate Education
Study on the construction of medical statistics teaching model for postgraduates based on the struc-ture of KAP
Zhizhen Liu, Qian Xu, Qiao Bai, Yinxiu Chen, Jing Cai, Zijie Huang
Published 2017-08-20
Cite as Chin J Med Edu Res, 2017, 16(8): 780-784. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-1485.2017.08.006
Abstract
ObjectiveTo construct the teaching model of medical statistics in universities of TCM through the questionnaire of knowledge, attitude and practice structure.
MethodsMedical statistics KAP questionnaire survey was conducted among postgraduates using proportional stratified sampling according to the grade. It describes the present situation and calculates the knowledge loss coefficient, knowledge demand index and behavioral application intensity of medical statistics. The Chi-square test was used to analyze the differences among different grades.
Results109 questionnaires were withdrawn. The recovery was 83.84%. 45 cases (41.3%) were first year postgraduate, 33 cases (30.3%) were 2nd year postgraduate, and 31 cases (28.4%) were 3rd year postgraduate. At the knowledge level, the knowledge loss coefficient of the second year postgraduates was 0.635, and there was no statistical difference (P=0.651) vs the first year postgraduate (0.638). At the attitude level, Knowledge demand index had no statistical significance difference (P=0.213) between postgraduates in grade two (96.87%) and grade three (75.00%). Most medical postgraduates held positive attitudes toward medical statistics, hoping to strengthen the training of their application ability such as medical statistics in design and research thinking (29.18%), the statistical methods selection and the in-terpretation of the results (31.53%) and the statistical software operation (36.07%). At the practice level, the percentage of application intensity with statistical methods of third-year postgraduates (100.00%) was higher than the second-year postgraduates (37.50%), and the second-year postgraduates higher than the first-year postgraduates (20.45%). And with the growth of year, the percentage of application intensity was gradually increasing (P=0.003). Among them, published scientific papers accounted for 16.5%, and 58.6% paper grade concentrated in the core journals.
ConclusionApplication development should be enhanced by modular-ization teaching with practical issues.
Key words:
Medical statistics; Teaching; Knowledge-attitude-practice (KAP); The university of traditional Chinese medicine; Postgraduates
Contributor Information
Zhizhen Liu
College of Integrative Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou 350122, China
Qian Xu
College of Integrative Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou 350122, China
Qiao Bai
Graduate School, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou 350122, China
Yinxiu Chen
Graduate School, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou 350122, China
Jing Cai
College of Integrative Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou 350122, China
Zijie Huang
College of Integrative Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou 350122, China
