Analysis of whole English presentation for surgery course and its reflection

VernacularTitle:《外科学》全英文教学效果分析与思考
Author: Jingxia ZHAO ; Jing FAN ; Liang CUI ; Wei ZHANG ; Kefeng DOU ; Wei LEI ; Jing TUO
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Surgery; Whole English presentation; Specialized English; Analysis
From: Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2013;(4):335-337
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To check the teaching effect of whole English presentation for surgery course.Methods Totally 29 eight-year program clinical majors were enrolled in the study.Questionnaire after class was conducted.Relationship between understanding level and English ability of students,abroad experiences,presentation ability or technical title of teachers was analyzed by x-test and nonparametric test.Results It showed that the understanding level of students was higher when being taught by teachers with longer abroad experience or with quality course (P =0.00).Understanding level of students was higher when students had higher English ability (P =0.00).There was no obvious relationships between understanding level and technical title of teachers (P =0.10).Conclusions Teaching effect of whole English presentation is closely correlated with teachers' teaching ability and students' English ability.