The National Clinical Skills Competition Promotes the Construction of a Comprehensive Training Program for Chinese Medical Students

Abstract

To explore an efficient training program based on an analysis in organizing seven sessions for the National ClinicalSkills Competition in China. Each year, 6-12 excellent medical students of our university are selected as anobservation team. Comparisons of the teaching characteristics were performed in this study. An optimal curriculumimplementation, specific clinical teaching scenarios and evaluation methods were gradually obtained and improved.Teaching effects were satisfactory. Among seven sessions, the eighth session was the best. Curriculum constructionand training team building are formed synchronously through this National Clinical Skills Competition. Clinicalskills training should be designed and evaluated effectively in order to increase the comprehensive capacities ofmedical students.