Exploration and evaluation of the literature studying and reading route in PBL teaching of the courses of TCM integrated experiments / 中华医学教育探索杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective On the issues of students' lack of representative collection of literature in problem-based learning (PBL) courses of TCM integrated experiments, to try to explore the litera-ture studying and reading route. Method Totally 41 full-time seven-year medical postgraduate of Shanghai University of TCM were randomly divided into two PBL classes, that are class A (n=20) an class B (n=21). Three PBL units were carried out in class A and class B by parallel; the oriented literatures were provided by tutors alternately, and after PBL courses, the appraisal were performed by students and tutors independently, using SPSS 19.0 for data analysis, t test to compare between groups. Results First, the students' assessment indicated that the 75% (15/20) students of Class A and 80.9%(17/21) students of Class B of class gave a good evaluation of the teaching method. Two classes had more than 80% of the students who thought the literature teachers provided was representative and instructive and over 60.0% students of both classes thought that the teaching measures could improve the classroom efficiency and after-school learning efficiency. The tutors' assessment revealed that there were no significantly differences between the quantity of these references in PPT (P>0.05) made by students in A class and B class in PBL unit 2 and unit 3; but an increasing trend did exist after the leading literatures were provided and the discussions among students were focusing and rele-vant and the teaching goal was achieved . Conclusion The route of providing a small amount of oriented literatures by tutor is positive in PBL courses of TCM integrated experiments, while the design of teaching experiment, the specific way of providing oriented literatures, the quantity and quality of literatures, and even the internal connection between them, all needs further optimization.