Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2011;10(6):761-762

doi:10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-1485.2011.06.042

A survey about health statistics instructional needs of postgraduates

Dongmei HU ; Qigui LIU

Keywords

Health statistics; Postgraduates; Instructional needs

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

ObjectiveTo get to know the status of health statistics postgraduate teaching and requirements during the study, and provide a basis to improve medical statistics teaching. MethodsPostgraduate students of 2008 grade of Dalian Medical University were selected randomly and filled in the self-designed questionnaire. Results52.6% of the students considered that medical statistics was more important than other courses. 72.6% of the students thought that medical statistics was difficult. Up to 30%of the students couldn't master and apply superior statistical analysis technique. ConclusionThe results of the survey offered basis and direction for enhancing the teaching quality and improving teaching methods.