Preventive medicine students' education demand and effectiveness evaluation to handle skills of public health critical incidents
- VernacularTitle:预防医学生突发公共卫生事件教学需求和效果评价
- Author:
Liansheng ZHANG
;
Wei CHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Preventive health services;
Preventive medicine;
Health knowledge, attitudes, practice
- From:
Chinese Journal of Disease Control & Prevention
2009;0(02):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To understand the preventive medicine students' education demand and effectiveness evaluation to train handling skills of public health critical incidents, to analyze the education problems, and to look for countermeasures to meet the demand for the talents. Methods The investigation was conducted in 105 students of preventive medicine major from two universities whose questionnaire included the handling public health critical incidents knowledge, public health critical incidents knowledge demand, education evaluation and so on. Results All the students believed that it was essential to handle knowledge of public health critical incidents. 78.1 percent of students believed that it was important to master knowledge of public health critical incidents for improving their competitiveness. 84.8 percent of students thought it inadequate to have textbook knowledge only. 75.2 percent of students held the professional training should be strengthened. Conclusions The current education programs are unable to meet the students' demand for knowledge on handling public health critical incidents and lack the relevant contents. The education organizations are supposed to reform preventive medicine education model, to increase the content of courses, and to prolong training duration. The pertinent knowledge of public health critical incidents should also be integrated into the training programs for students.
