Analysis of blind evaluation results of master's degree thesis of clinical medicine in different culture types

Abstract

Objective To evaluate the results of blind evaluation of academic and professional training master's degree thesis after the implementation of the unification of four certificates training model for postgraduates majoring in clinical medicine, and to analyze the existing problems and deficiencies, and to explore improvement measures and countermeasures. Methods The data analysis method was used. A total of 304 master's thesis from 2015 grade of the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University was selected as research material with the method of date analyzing. The results of blind evaluation were compared between academic and professional training types with SPSS 21.0 software. Results Through the rank sum test, the overall evaluation rank-average values of academic master's and professional master's degree thesis are 169.87, 142.22 (Z=2.86, P<0.01), and the rank-average values of the academic master's and professional master's degree thesis in internal science are 63.92, 50.39 (Z=2.50, P=0.019), the rank-average values of the academic master's and professional master's degree thesis in surgery was 59.32, 45.32 (Z=2.35, P=0.012). Among the sub-indicators, the results of the thesis innovation, the workload of the thesis, the scientific research ability and the technical ability, the author's academic style, the topic selection of the paper, etc. the academic masters are better than the professional masters (all P<0.05) . There are strong correlations between the eight evaluation indicators of the dissertation and the overall evaluation (all P<0.01). Conclusions The quality of the academic master's degree of the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University is better than that of the professional master's degree. The postgraduate students have problems such as insufficient scientific research ability, low innovation, and lack of normative writing. The corresponding postgraduate training and reform measures should be formulated to improve the guidance ability of the tutor, strengthen the cultivation of postgraduate research ability and innovative thinking, and improve the quality of postgraduate training. Key words: Master of clinical medicine; Degree thesis; Evaluation results; Analysis