Bibliometric analysis of studies on medical teaching case library construction in China

Abstract

Objective To analyze current situation and development tendency of medical teaching case library construction and to provide information for medical teaching reform. Methods Bibliometrics was used to retrieve and analyze literatures on the subject of medical teaching case library construction from China National Knowledge Infrastructure, CBMdisc, VIP and Wanfang Data from construction to June 20th, 2017. Results Totally 116 articles published in 71 journals were included. A gradual growth was found in the number of publication and funded articles. The average citation count was 2.05. A majority of articles were produced in Beijing, Guangdong and Shanghai. Medical teaching case library covered 9 majors and 42 courses and applied in class teaching (50.00%, 58/116), clinical practice (37.07%, 43/116), refresher training (2.59%, 3/116), assessment and evaluation (0.86%, 1/116). Satisfaction investigate, examination score analysis and expert review were commonly used to evaluate the quality of case library. Conclusions Researches in China on medical teaching case library construction were increasing in recent years. Case library were applied in various aspects of medical teaching, however, there still remained some problems. Articles on the subject of case library were not highly-cited. There was no core author group yet. The subject on medical case library still needed deep and further exploration. There′s suggestion that we should attach importance to medical case library construction and related study to push medical education reform. Key words: Teaching case library; Medical education; Bibliometrics