Medical students' perspective on the teaching of medical statistics in the undergraduate medical curriculum
Medical students' perspective on the teaching of medical statistics in the undergraduate medical curriculum
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10.1002/sim.1132
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发表时间：
2002-04-15
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2
通讯作者：
Moore, L
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作者：
Astin, J;Jenkins, T;Moore, L
布里斯托尔大学的两名医科本科生评论了他们学习医学统计学的经历。总体而言，医学生的重点是获得从事临床医学所需的技能，必须非常小心地解释为什么统计学和流行病学等学科与此相关。使用真实的例子和强调证据的需要意味着医学生越来越意识到临床医生为他们的治疗决定辩护的压力，以及相关的能够理解和批判性评估医学研究的需要。有人认为，医疗统计课程应侧重于关键的评估技能，而不是分析数据的能力，因为某些学生在需要分析数据时可以获得这种能力。医学统计学应该在课程的早期教授，但有必要在整个课程中加强这些技能。教学和评估方法应该认识到，所教授的是一项与临床相关的实用技能。这意味着，基于问题的小组、数据解释练习和客观结构化的临床考试将比传统的教学和考试方法更有成效。版权所有(C)2002 John Wiley Sons，Ltd.
Two undergraduate medical students at the University of Bristol commented on their experiences of learning medical statistics. In general, medical students' focus is on acquiring skills needed to practice clinical medicine, and great care must be taken to explain why disciplines such as statistics and epidemiology are relevant to this. Use of real examples and an emphasis on the need for evidence has meant that medical students are increasingly aware of the pressure on clinicians to justify their treatment decisions, and the associated need to be able to understand and critically appraise medical research. It was felt that medical statistics courses should focus on critical appraisal skills rather than on the ability to analyse data, which can be acquired by particular students when they need to do this. Medical statistics should be taught early in the curriculum, but there is a need to reinforce such skills throughout the Course. Teaching and assessment methods should recognize that what is being taught is a practical skill of clinical relevance. This means that problem based small groups, data interpretation exercises and objective structured clinical examinations will be more productive than traditional teaching and examination methods. Copyright (C) 2002 John Wiley Sons, Ltd.