Abstract
Higher medical education in China is dually challenged by inadequate understanding of career motivation among high school graduates and by insufficient self-directed learning capability as a result of long-term exam-based education. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology is one of the most essential basic courses at Fourth Military Medical University (FMMU), but students usually feel torn to deal with it. We have been making efforts to improve teaching efficiency for over twenty years. Our teaching reform involves design of students-centered experimental course, reorganization of theoretical course and attempt to evoke critical thinking in class. A few tips are shared with regards to how to make the course of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology more rewarding.
Highlights
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology has witnessed an array of fundamental breakthroughs in life science over hundreds of years
In China, higher education in life science refers to Biochemistry and Molecular Biology as one of the most essential required classes
As the teachers at Fourth Military Medical University (FMMU), it is truly important for us to think over how the course of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology can contribute to preparing students for their future careers in medicine [1]-[4]
Summary
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology has witnessed an array of fundamental breakthroughs in life science over hundreds of years. How to cite this paper: Zhao, J., et al (2014) Twenty-Year Reform of Teaching Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Fourth Military Medical University in China. The purpose of this paper is to give a brief historic review on the three phases of our teaching reform in the last two decades and share a few tips in our efforts to improve teaching efficiency This retrospective analysis would be of significance in helping us to summarize the gain and the loss in the long run and inviting more attention on evolvement of teaching modes among teachers in other medical universities. It is rooted in their minds that high score tips are to copy as exactly as what teachers tell in class, and that different opinions are risky and should be avoided
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