Application of heuristic teaching in medical psychology teaching

VernacularTitle:启发式教学在《医护心理学》教学中的应用
Author: Wei MAO ; Wei SUN ; Xianghong MENG
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Heuristic teaching; Medical psychology
From: Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2013;(6):614-617
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate the teaching effect of heuristic teaching in medical psychology teaching.Methods Totally 104 students (2010 grade higher vocational nursing class) were divided into experiment group (n=52) and control group (n=52).Heuristic teaching model and conventional teaching model were applied respectively.t test was used to compare the final exam scores of two groups; self-made evaluation sheet was used to evaluate the teaching effect and x2 test was employed to compare the results between two groups,with P＜0.05 standing for statistical significance.Results Final exam scores of experiment group (87.48 ± 3.18) was better than control group (81.43 ± 4.89) (P=0.016).Teaching evaluation was better in experiment group than in control group.Conclusions Heuristic teaching is helpful in improving students' study enthusiasm and training their scientific thinking.