Investigation of strategy for improving clinical practice teaching quality in the department of gastrointestinal surgery

Abstract

As the key phase for medical students to be doctors, clinical internship plays a vital role in the whole medical education process. Interns in the department of gastrointestinal surgery face series of difficulties, such as wide variety of diseases and emergence of new technology and new concepts. In addi-tion, because of the uneven levels of teachers and low enthusiasm of interns, the result of clinical practice teaching is not satisfactory. Based on the above-mentioned problems, measures have been introduced during the process of clinical practice teaching, including selection of typical diseases and surgical procedures, construction of clinical practice teaching team, adoption of pluralistic teaching methods, reinforcement of participation of interns during the clinical practice. Finally, the quality of teaching in our department has been improved significantly. Key words: Department of gastrointestinal surgery; Clinical practice; Teaching