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Title Change and reform in medicine and health education in China : a teaching staff's perspective / Xiangyun Du [and three others], editors
Published Aalborg, Denmark : River Publishers, 2012
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Description 1 online resource (220 pages) : illustrations, tables
Series Innovation and Change in Education - A Cross-cultural Perspective
Contents Cover; Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; 1 Change and Reform in Medicine and Health Education -- Is There a Need in China?; 1.1 A Global Background for Change and Reform; 1.2 Change and Reforms in China; 1.3 Why Investigating the Teaching Staff's Perspective; 1.4 Defining this Book; 1.5 Terminology Clari.cation; 1.6 Organizations of the Book; References; 2 Educational Change and Reform in Medicine and Health -- Globally and in China; 2.1 Change in Medical Education -A Global Context; 2.1.1 Incentives for Change; 2.1.2 Changes in Medical Education; 2.1.3 Reflections and Current Challenges
2.2 Change in Medical Education in China2.2.1 Overall Context for Educational Change in China; 2.2.2 Reforms and Change in Medical Education; 2.3 Staff Motivation in Educational Change; 2.4 Summary; References; 3 A Nation-wide Survey on Educational Reform in Medicine and Health Education in China -- A Teaching Staff's Perspective; 3.1 Research Methods; 3.1.1 Research Background; 3.1.2 Survey Design; 3.1.3 Data Generation and Analysis; 3.1.4 Limitation of the Methods; 3.2 Respondents' Information; 3.2.1 Respondents' Backgrounds; 3.2.2 Gender; 3.2.3 Age; 3.2.4 Profession; 3.2.5 Job Title
3.2.6 University Geographical Location3.3 Summary; 4 Educational Reform -- Teaching Staff's Attitudes and Involvement; 4.1 General Opinions on Educational Reform; 4.2 Which Aspects of the Educational Outcome Should be Further Emphasized; 4.3 Which Aspects of the Education Should be Improved; 4.4 Current Inplementation of Curricula Integration; 4.5 Summary; 5 Pedagogy Innovation -Teaching Staff's Attitudes and Participation; 5.1 General Opinions on Teaching Methods; 5.2 Staff's Knowledge About New Teaching Methods; 5.3 Summary
6 Assessment Methods Reform -Teaching Staff's Attitudes and Participation6.1 General Opinions on Educational Assessment; 6.2 Methods to Evaluate Teaching; 6.3 What Kinds of Evaluation Methods Have Been Used; 6.4 The Use of Computer-Based Medical Test Database; 6.5 Universities' Exams and Staff's Familiarity About Them; 6.6 Summary; 7 Teaching Staff's Access to Educational Technologies; 7.1 General Opinions on Physical Facilities; 7.2 Access of Educational Technologies; 7.3 Expected Educational Technology Training; 7.4 Access to the Campus Wireless Network; 7.5 Summary
8 Institutional Support for Teaching Staff's Participation in Educational Research and Reform8.1 Opinion on the Necessity of a Research Unit; 8.2 Current Situation of Research Unit and Project Involvement; 8.3 Research Projects Level; 8.4 Publication Number; 8.5 Summary; 9 Staff's Opinion on General Development of Medicine and Health Education; 9.1 Perception on the General Development of Medicine and Health Education; 9.2 The Familiarity with New Standards; 9.3 Summary; 10 Towards Further Change in Medicine and Health Education in China; 10.1 Discussion of Research Results
Summary This book documents a national investigation of attitudes from teaching staff on the reforms and changes. Nearly 1800 teaching staff from 23 medical universities participated in this investigation
Notes Includes index
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 7, 2014)
Subject Health education.
Health Education
Health education
Form Electronic book
Author Du, Xiangyun, editor
ISBN 9788792982933
879298293X