The application of situational heuristic teaching method in the teaching of acupuncture and moxi-bustion

Abstract

Objective Aiming at the characteristics of the course of acupuncture and massage, to discuss the application of Situational heuristic teaching. Methods 60 undergraduate students in Grade Four of Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine(clinical practice)were even divided into 2 groups, that was situational teaching group(the experimental group)and the traditional teaching group(control group). The students in the experimental group received basic theory course of 30 hours, 60 hours in the course of situational teaching. The clinical cases of teaching were carefully designed according to the simu-lated hospital scene in each chapter, including large cases, acupuncture and massage therapy program, which were conducted between teachers and students through interactive and positive research and other forms. In the control group the teachers taught the content to students in class for full 90 hours in accor-dance with the requirements of the teaching syllabus. Taking objective theoretical examination, subjective questionnaire survey, and subjective clinical return visit questionnaire scores as indicators the difference of the two kinds of teaching methods were compared and statistical analysis was carried out by SPSS 19.0 software, chi square test and t test. Results By comparison of objective theoretical examination results of two groups of subjects, the number of good students in the experimental group was 10, and the number of outstanding students was 7, with an average of(80.63±1.35)points. In the control group, the number of good students was 9, the number of outstanding students was 6, with the average score of(80.54±1.32), and the average score of the objective theory test scores were not statistically significant(P>0.05). The learning satisfaction of the students in the experimental group was(3.91±0.29). Students in the experimental group thought situation heuristic teaching was conducive to professional development(3.23 ± 0.39), to improving the learning quality(3.68 ± 0.72), clinical thinking culture(4.11±0.24), clinical ability(3.72±0.27), clinical physician-patient communication skills(3.28±0.79), basic clinical skills(3.48±0.42)points, with teaching satisfaction(4.19±0.25), which were all higher than the control group, and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05). Conclusion Situational heuristic teaching method is better than the traditional teach-ing method in stimulating students' learning enthusiasm, innovation ability, cultivating professional interest and cultivating students' clinical practice ability. The teaching practice of teachers should give full play to the advantages of the method and improve the teaching effect, which is worthy of further research and pro-motion. Key words: Situational heuristic teaching; Acupuncture and moxibustion; Application