Experimental Acupuncture and Moxibustion, as an interdisciplinary course, integrates traditional acupuncture and moxibustion with modern science. It is an important way for cultivating students' scientific thinking and innovation. The teaching group of Experimental Acupuncture and Moxibustion in Shandong university of TCM developed the content of courses under the guidance of talent construction of "emerging medicine discipline", aiming to cultivate the talents for the upright and innovation of acupuncture and moxibustion, and being abide to the advanced teaching concepts of students' cognitive law and outcome based education. Base on teaching design, teaching mode, curriculum ideological and political development, and teaching evaluation, a series of new measures have been implemented, e.g. "two-line, three-stage and eight-step measures", "six dimensions and five combinations" and "five combinations and three measure gauges". Through practice and exploration, the students' satisfaction, the innovation and creativity, and teaching ability of teachers have been enhanced. These reforms could provide the new approach to the development of the first-class courses related to traditional Chinese medicine.
Moxibustion/standards* ; Humans ; Acupuncture/education* ; Curriculum ; Acupuncture Therapy/methods* ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; China ; Teaching

The development of Science of Acupuncture and Moxibustion should be in accord with the trend of standardization and internationalization of the science of acupuncture and moxibustion. Based on the arrangement of chapters and sections in the textbook, 29 national standards, 6 standards or guidelines made by World Health Or- ganization(WHO) and 1 standard out of International Standardization Organization (ISO) are classified and intro- duced. It is suggested that the above contents should be considered as the evidence when the textbook is reedited. Also, it is proposed that humanization should be supplemented and the newest research findings should be traced.
Acupuncture ; education ; standards ; Acupuncture Therapy ; standards ; Humans ; Moxibustion ; standards ; Science ; standards ; Teaching ; methods ; standards ; Teaching Materials ; standards

The book Acupuncture-moxibustion Clinical Skills Training is one of "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" in novative teaching materials, which is published by People's Medical Publishing House. Through learning the first half of the book commonly used needling and moxibustion techniques, it is realized that the selection of book content is reasonable and much attention is paid to needling and moxibustion techniques; the chapter arrangement is well-organized, and the form is novel, which is concise and intuitive; for every technique, great attention is paid to standardize the manipulation procedure and clarify the technique key, simultaneously the safety of acupuncture and moxibustion is also emphasized. The characteristics of the book, including innovativeness, practicability, are highlighted, and it greatly helps to improve students' clinical skills and examination ability.
Acupuncture ; education ; standards ; Acupuncture Therapy ; instrumentation ; methods ; standards ; Books ; Clinical Competence ; standards ; Humans ; Moxibustion ; instrumentation ; methods ; standards ; Reference Standards ; Teaching ; standards ; Teaching Materials ; standards

PURPOSE: This study conducted a needs assessment for developing teaching competencies of medical educators by assessing their perceived ability to perform teaching competencies as well as their perceived importance of these competencies. Additionally, this study examined whether there were any differences in needs assessments scores among three faculty groups. METHODS: Hundred and eighteen professors from Dong-A University College of Medicine were surveyed, and the data from 44 professors who answered all the questions were analyzed using IBM SPSS 21. The needs assessment tool measured participants' perceived ability to perform teaching competencies and perceived importance of these competencies. The Borich formula was used to calculate needs assessment scores. RESULTS: The most urgent needs for faculty development were identified for the teaching competencies of "diagnosis and reflection," followed by "test and feedback," and "facilitation." Additionally, two, out of 51, items with the highest needs assessment scores were "developing a thorough course syllabus" and "introducing students to the course syllabus on the first day of class." The assistant professor group scored significantly higher on educational needs related to "facilitation," "affection and concern for students," and "respect for diversity" competencies than the professor group. Furthermore, the educational needs scores for all the teaching competencies except "diagnosis and reflection," "global mindset," and "instructional management" were higher for the assistant professor group than the other two faculty groups. CONCLUSION: Thus, the educational needs assessment scores obtained in this study can be used as criteria for designing and developing faculty development programs for medical educators.
*Education, Medical ; Faculty, Medical/*standards ; Female ; Humans ; *Needs Assessment/standards ; *Professional Competence ; Republic of Korea ; Schools, Medical ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Teaching/*standards ; Universities

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine the validity of student ratings of instruction by analyzing their relationships with several variables, including gender, academic rank, specialty, teaching time, and teaching method, at a medical school. METHODS: This study analyzed the student ratings of 297 courses at Ajou University School of Medicine in 2013. SPSS version 12.0 was used to analyze the data and statistics by t-test, analysis of variance, and Scheffe test. RESULTS: There were no statistically significant differences in student ratings between gender, rank, and specialty. However, student ratings were significantly influenced by teaching times and methods (p<0.05). Student ratings were high for teaching times of 10 hours or more and small-group learning, compared with lectures. There was relatively mean differences in students ratings by teaching times, specialty and rank, although the difference in ratings was not statistically significant. CONCLUSION: Student ratings can be classified by teaching time and method for summative purposes. To apply student ratings to the evaluation of the performance of faculty, further studies are needed to analyze the variables that influence student ratings.
*Attitude ; *Curriculum ; *Education, Medical, Undergraduate ; Faculty/standards ; Female ; Humans ; *Learning ; Male ; *Schools, Medical ; *Students, Medical ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Teaching/*standards

PURPOSE: To examine levels of teamwork and its relationships with clinical error reporting among Korean hospital nurses. METHODS: The study employed a cross-sectional survey design. We distributed a questionnaire to 674 nurses in two teaching hospitals in Korea. The questionnaire included items on teamwork and the reporting of clinical errors. We measured teamwork using the Teamwork Perceptions Questionnaire, which has five subscales including team structure, leadership, situation monitoring, mutual support, and communication. Using logistic regression analysis, we determined the relationships between teamwork and error reporting. RESULTS: The response rate was 85.5%. The mean score of teamwork was 3.5 out of 5. At the subscale level, mutual support was rated highest, while leadership was rated lowest. Of the participating nurses, 522 responded that they had experienced at least one clinical error in the last 6 months. Among those, only 53.0% responded that they always or usually reported clinical errors to their managers and/or the patient safety department. Teamwork was significantly associated with better error reporting. Specifically, nurses with a higher team communication score were more likely to report clinical errors to their managers and the patient safety department (odds ratio = 1.82, 95% confidence intervals [1.05, 3.14]). CONCLUSIONS: Teamwork was rated as moderate and was positively associated with nurses' error reporting performance. Hospital executives and nurse managers should make substantial efforts to enhance teamwork, which will contribute to encouraging the reporting of errors and improving patient safety.
Adult ; *Attitude of Health Personnel ; Clinical Competence/*statistics & numerical data ; *Cooperative Behavior ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Female ; Hospitals, Teaching ; Humans ; Logistic Models ; Male ; Medical Errors/*statistics & numerical data ; Nursing Staff, Hospital/standards/*statistics & numerical data ; Republic of Korea/epidemiology ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Young Adult

To discuss the special role of excellent teachers based on the characters of stomatology and the special requirements of personal training, and to describe the role of excellent teachers in the process of West China Stomatology School's innovative talent cultivation from discussing major teaching problems, building excellent teaching team and tutorial system, etc.
China ; Oral Medicine ; education ; Teaching ; standards

Biomedical Research ; education ; Career Choice ; Clinical Medicine ; education ; Humans ; Physician's Role ; Physicians ; psychology ; standards ; Professional Competence ; Research Personnel ; psychology ; standards ; Teaching ; Translational Medical Research

The current problem of acupuncture and moxibustion education is that incomplete and unsystematic content, simple and boring teaching method, and poor-level training in clinical practice. Therefore, students lack study initiative, dedication and passion for their professional study. The complete and systematic educational contents and innovative teaching methods of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Science are proposed. It also proposes innovative educational reform which is student-centered to foster students' professional skills in clinical practices.
Acupuncture ; education ; Acupuncture Therapy ; China ; Education, Medical ; standards ; Humans ; Learning ; Moxibustion ; standards ; Teaching ; standards

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to assess the suitability and readability of printed educational materials for patients with hypertension in Korea. METHODS: A total of 33 written educational materials related to hypertension were collected from public health centers, hospitals, and internet web site. Among them, we analyzed 19 materials which fit the inclusion criteria: leaflets (n=9), booklets (n=3), and guide book (n=7). Two trained nurses evaluate the materials using suitability assessment tool (SAM; Doak, Doak, & Root, 1996a) and graded lexical items for teaching Korean (Kim, 2003). RESULTS: Overall, 14 (73.7%) of 19 materials scored adequate, and 5 (26.3%) scored inadequate. On the average, the education materials contained 36.1% to 50.5% of 1st grade reading level words and 12.9% to 21.6% of 4th grade level and over. CONCLUSION: The reading level of the materials was higher than a 6th grade reading level. It is proposed that the written educational materials should be developed by health professionals according to suitability and quality by taking the target group's literacy capacity into consideration.
Cultural Diversity ; Humans ; Hypertension/*prevention & control/psychology ; Needs Assessment ; *Pamphlets ; Patient Education as Topic/*methods/standards ; Reading ; Teaching Materials/*standards