Objective To investigate the students’ satisfaction on teaching content, teaching staff, organizations etc. of the evidence-based medical postgraduate summer school, so as to provide references for further effective training.
Methods A self-made questionnaire with cluster sampling was used to investigate the regular students who had participated in the whole course of the evidence-based medical postgraduate summer school, and the feedbacks were analyzed.
Results The total number of the questionnaires was 112 and the number of the effective questionnaires was 101; the effective recovery rate was 90.2%. The students were from 32 universities and medical institutions involving 36 disciplines in 26 provinces. A total of 93.1% of the students were satisfied with the general training organization and management, but the satisfaction rates of the class environment and the time arrangement were only 51.5% and 58.4%, respectively. The satisfaction rates of the whole course setting and the teaching materials were 84.2% and 90.1%, respectively. The satisfaction rate of the teaching content of “the progress of the evidence-based medicine” was up to 93.0%. Over 93.1% of the students believed that the teachers were great in teaching skills, but only 73.3% of the students thought that the interaction between teachers and students was plenty.
Conclusion This summer school has active students, a great effect and a high overall satisfaction rate. The summer school is beneficial to the cultivation of innovative postgraduates, construction of excellent teaching teams, development of evidence-based medicine discipline and building of The Network Center for Evidence-Based Medicine Education. The satisfaction rate of the summer school training can get promoted by increasing schooling investments, appropriately prolonging training time, setting different subjects in different semesters and enhancing the teaching interaction.
Citation： HUANG Jin,LI Youping,WANG Li,GAN Qi,HE Jinlan,LIU Junjun. A Satisfaction Survey on Students in Evidence-Based Medical Postgraduate Summer School. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2011, 11(1): 44-48. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20110009 Copy