Reflections from Feedback Information on Teaching Direction of Medical History Inquiry for Integrated Traditional Medicine and Western Medicine Undergraduates in Clinical Practice
To explore the reform direction of clinical interviews teaching for practice students in
Integrated Traditional Medicine and Western Medicine. Methods: A total of 203 junior or senior students,
majored in Integrated Traditional Medicine and Western Medicine, were asked to respond anonymously
to a self-designed questionnaire including 10 items about clinical skill of medical history taking and 1
item in the form of open-ended question. Results: The final eligible sample include 185 students. The
proportion of students making advance preparation for clinical practice both mentally and behaviorally
reached 49.4%. And 61.2% of students were fully confident of taking medical history perfectly. 49.4% of
students showed no ideas to communicate well with uncooperative patients. 53.0% of students would miss
part of medical history inquiry items; 35.3% had psychological resistance to electronic medical writing.
During process of history taking in clinical practice, 62.2% of students would compare individual focus
on traditional medicine and western medicine, respectively. Besides, as for the last open-ended question,
73% of students are apt to build a strong professional knowledge. Conclusions: There are some problems
with the feature of extensive involvement existing in undergraduate teaching of integrated traditional
medicine and western medicine in clinical probation, which not only makes teaching but also students’
learning much harder. We are required to stress students’ cultivation on Integrated Traditional Medicine
and Western Medicine theory as well as clinical practice, to further improve students’ thought process and
knowledge frame and to explore teaching mode actively consistent with the characteristics of Integrated
Traditional Medicine and Western Medicine. All above may enhance teaching effect of medical history
inquiry in clinical practice of Integrated Traditional Medicine and Western Medicine fundamentally.