Analysis of the Present Situation of the Cultivation of Scientific Research and Innovation Ability in Medical Students and Exploration of the Scientific Research Training Mode

Abstract

Background: This study aims to investigate, from different perspectives, the problems faced and the countermeasures suggested by five-year clinical medical students in an entrepreneurship training programme for medical students to promote medical teaching reforms. Methods: A total of 600 five-year clinical medicine majors (grades 16-18) at Bengbu Medical College (including those who did and did not participate in large-scale entrepreneurship programmes) were studied by means of internet questionnaires and interviews. Statistical analysis was used to analyse the results of 568 questionnaires. Results: Students generally hope for improvements in the quality and mode of scientific research instruction; they have a strong interest in scientific research and hope to receive training in scientific research in their spare time and that does not interfere with their studies. Moreover, students desire improvements in incentive policies for innovation, the introduction of liberal laboratory opening policies and the optimization of funding for scientific research. Conclusions: Clinical medical students in our hospital attach great importance to the cultivation of scientific research ability. The results clarify the problems faced by medical undergraduates participating in entrepreneurship programmes and provide specific quantitative data for the reform of medical education modes to cultivate the innovation capacity of medical students.