@article{ZHANG2024, 
author = {Zhiyang ZHANG and Lin ZHAO and Yajuan SHAO and Xiang WANG and Ningning LI and Xiaohong NING and Yuping GE},
title = {Investigation on Clinical Oncology Teaching Among Medical Students},
year = {2024},
journal = {Medical Journal of Peking Union Medical College Hospital},
volume = {15},
number = {1},
pages = {223-228},
keywords = {medical students, clinical oncology, simulation-based medical education, medical education},
url = {https://www.sciopen.com/article/10.12290/xhyxzz.2023-0103},
doi = {10.12290/xhyxzz.2023-0103},
abstract = {ObjectiveTo investigate the needs of eight-year program clinical medical students for the organization and contents of clinical oncology courses.MethodsFrom September to November 2020, a questionnaire survey was conducted among eight-year program clinical medicine students in Peking Union Medical College to find out their knowledge base in oncology, teaching mode preference and course contents of interest.ResultsA total of 122 students participated in the survey, in which 89.3%(109/122) of the students showed interest in basic and clinical research projects related to oncology, 84.4%(103/122) thought it was better to use Simulation-based medical education (SBME), and 91.0%(111/122) hoped to learn throughoff-line discussion. In terms of course contents, eight-year program medical students were more interested in knowledge directly related to clinical context, such as diagnosis, treatment, multidisciplinary comprehensive treatment and evidence-based medicine. In terms of sub-analysis, traditional eight-year students (86%, 92/107) showed a higher acceptance of palliative care than students in the 4+4 reform program(60%, 9/15) and were more willing to act as scriptwriters in SBME(26% vs. 7%, P=0.013). The students in clinical phase gained a better understanding of oncology knowledge through research training and were more inclined to take on the role of scriptwriters in SBME than those in basic phase (27% vs. 11%, P=0.048).ConclusionsThe eight-year program clinical medical students are interested in the clinical oncology course and prefer study in the form of Simulation-based medical education (SBME).}
}