Modified organized ophthalmology pre-internship in China

Abstract

Background: Medical pre-internship plays a crucial role in medical education promoting early involvement of students in clinical setting and helping them explore potential interest of specialty. However, there is currently no specifically designed pre-internship curriculum in China. Using ophthalmology as a pilot field, we have set up a modified organized pre-internship curriculum and evaluated its effectiveness and students' feedback in this study. Methods:In this prospective noncomparative study, 42 junior undergraduate medical students were enrolled in the organized ophthalmology pre-internship. The effects of organized pre-internship on student performance were evaluated by difference of post-to pre-lecture scores by paired t-test. The effects of baseline knowledge level and gender on performance improvement were analyzed by independent t-test.Student satisfaction comparing organized pre-internship with traditional pre-internship was measured by questionnaire. Results:The difference of post-to pre-lecture scores of all participants was 6.21±2.02 (P<0.0001). The improvement in post-to pre-lecture scores of students with low knowledge level (7.08±1.85) was significantly higher than that of students with high knowledge level (4.81±1.42) (P<0.0001). Gender did not influence student performance. The responses to the questionnaire showed that most of students were more satisfied with the organized pre-internship than traditional pre-internship. Conclusions:The organized pre-internship significantly improved student performance and satisfaction.Performance improvement in students with low knowledge level was more obvious. Compared to traditional pre-internship, the organized pre-internship showed advantages in improving student performance as well as promoting learning enthusiasm. Instructors played an essential role in the organized pre-internship teaching system.

Application of New Media Assisted Team-based Learning Teaching Model in the Pre-internship Curriculum of Ophthalmology

“…For example, a prospective cohort study confirmed that the ophthalmology pre-internship program could improve junior students' communication, research, and humanistic skills. Moreover, it confirmed that the pre-internship could integrate the basic theory with clinical practice and evoke their interest and motivation to learn ophthalmology (Wu D, Xiang Y, Wu X, Chen J, Zou Yu, Liu Z, Lin H, & Liu Yi, 2020). In recent years, the pre-internship course has been reformed to Team-Based Learning (TBL) approach.…”