Application of micro-teaching in surgical training for eight-year program undergraduates of clinical medicine

• Published in: Ji chu yi xue yu lin chuang = Jichu yixue yu linchuang = Basic medical sciences and clinics Vol. 40; no. 10; pp. 1442 - 1445
• Main Author: PAN Bo, YAO Ru, ZHAO Jun, JIANG Ying-zi, LUO Lin-zhi, PAN Hui
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: Institute of Basic Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences / Peking Union Medical College 01.10.2020
• Subjects: micro-teaching|surgical teaching|undergraduate|expression and communication|confidence
• ISSN: 1001-6325

Objective To investigate whether integration of micro-teaching into the surgical training may facilitate the learning outcome of eight-year program undergraduates of clinical medicine during their surgical clerkship. Methods Questionnaires were used before and after micro-teaching among the undergraduates to evaluate their confidence in expression and communication as well as attitudes towards micro-teaching. Results The self-rank confidence scores were significantly improved after micro-teaching in virtual situations including out-patient clinics (P＜0.05), lecture in surgical ward (P＜0.05) and presentation at international symposium (P＜0.01). Majority of medical students agreed that micro-teaching was beneficial (100%) whereas classical lecture-based learning (LBL) still indispensable (69.6%). Conclusions micro-teaching improves the confidence of eight-year program undergraduates in term of expression and communication during clerkship and has potential value in surgical teaching.