HOW CAN WE IMPROVE THE
COURSES OF PRIMARY CHILD CARE IN COMMUNITY HEALTH
LI HQ, ZHANG
LN, LI TY
Department of Primary Child Care, Children¡¯s
Hospital, Chongqing University of Medical Sciences, Chongqing, China
Objective: To meet the challenge of
medicine in the 21th century, the clinical and communication
skills of medical students should be improved. The courses of Primary Child
Care in community were developed by the Department of Primary Child Care.
Methods: 33 medical students of
second year in the University were selected to follow-up and record the
processes of the growth and development in the children
from
birth to 2-3 years of age in the community. By the forth year of the
University they analysed and discussed the data in the group. Another 68
medical studentswere taken the traditional way to learn the knowledge of
the Primary Child Care as a control group.
Results: There were no significant
differences of the scores of the examination between tow groups, which
demonstrated that the medical students can learn the knowledge of growth
and development by self-teaching.
Conclusion: The new teaching method
is the community-oriented, problem-based tracks, and is self-teaching for
the medical students in practice. The courses of Primary Child Care in the
community health can be extended in the future.