Analysis of the role of the semester reform in the innovation training for medical undergraduate students
10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-1485.2016.12.010
- VernacularTitle:大学学期制改革对医学生创新训练的影响
- Author:
Jie MA
;
Ping ZHANG
;
Hui LI
;
Libin CHEN
;
Zhongfeng XU
- Keywords:
Semester reforms;
Medical undergraduate students;
Innovation training
- From:
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research
2016;15(12):1229-1232
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
To adapt the requirement of Chinese education development, and to abandon the defects of two semester system, such as too-long semester, inflexible curriculum, and restricting personality devel-opment of students, Xi'an Jiaotong University has performed semester reform for reforming the contents and methods of the teaching, promoting the innovation ability of students, and improving the quality of the scholastic education since 2013. In the current study, we have attempted to demonstrate the benefits of the semester reform for promoting the innovation ability of students, and to reveal the active role of the semester reform through comparing the presentation of medical undergraduate students in the national competition of innovation training for medical undergraduate students. Overall, the results of our analysis have supported the semester reform, and provided the reference information for the semester reforms of Chinese universities.
