Survey and analysis of quantity of clinical practice in medical trainees

Abstract

Objective To survey the quantity of clinical practice of medical trainees in practice, analyze the status characteristics and main problems, and put preference for practice teaching administrative departments. Methods In June 2016, all students finishing internship in some military medical university were gathered and surveyed by the person in charge. Using self-made questionnaires, the students were asked to anonymously fill out the quantity of clinical practice by themselves respectively in different de-part-ment and in various capacities. 515 questionnaires were provided and 479 valid results were collected (93.0%). Using SPSS 16.0, the number of trainees in different genders, specialties and categories was ana-lyzed by variance analysis and SNK test (22 comparison). Results The numbers of clinical practice as first assistants and second assistants in surgical medicine were the most, which were 5.70 and 5.29 in average, while those in specialty medicine were the least (all<2.85 in various capacities). The quantity of clinical practice in different specialties and sorts as second assistants in internal medicine showed statistical signifi-cance (F=2.646, F=2.682; P=0.008, P=0.031) and SNK test showed that those in navy general practice medi-cine (5.81) and soldiers (4.59) operated more. The quantity of clinical practice in different specialties and sorts as first assistants in special medicine showed statistical significance (F=2.166, F=2.765; P=0.029, P=0.027) and SNK test showed that those specialties in pharmacy (3.33) and clinical medicine (3.22) and sol-diers (3.03) operated more. Conclusion The quantity of clinical practice of medical trainees has char-acter-istics with surgical medicine most and there is no links with genders. In the departments with more op-portuni-ties, the differences among different groups are not obvious, while in the less operating departments, the stu-dents with higher motivations operate more. Therefore, these departments should focus on mobilizing the en-thusiasm of students. Besides, the quantity of clinical practice in medical trainees should be looked upon ob-jectively and the operations should be done under the guide of the teachers and on the basis of con-sidering the security of patients. Key words: Medical Students; Trainees; Clinical Practice; Quantity; Survey