Problems and thoughts of national clinical skills competition

Abstract

Objective To analysis problems of national clinical skills competition of medical undergraduates. Methods Summarize participation of competitions, and analyzes questionnaires for teachers and students from 110 medical nationwide. Results The results show that 134 have participated in past seven competitions. About 115 participated in competition each year.880 questionnaires for 110 were delivered and 752 valid responses were received. Teachers and students think that main problem of competition is costs a lot of teachers, money and property , only a few students profit by , and the results can not reflect true level of colleges , and so on. The satisfaction of difficulty and breadth of questions (5-point Likert scale) in competition is from 3.5 to 4.0. The main problem is wide range of assessment, high difficulty and more quantity of questions. Conclusions The national clinical skill competition is widely accepted in China. It achieves purpose of promoting development of clinical practical education. But it also has some problems. To make clear mission, comprehensively evaluates its function and improve proposition quality are high points. Key words: Clinical skills; Medical student; Competition; Problem; Thought