Assessment of clinical competency among TCM medical students using standardized patients of traditional Chinese medicine: A 5-year prospective randomized study

Integrative Medicine Research

Jing Guo¹  Ran Yan²  Lijuan Wen²  Han Yang³  Jinhao Zeng³  Chongli Chen³  Qing Nian³  Xiaotong Zhang⁴  Shuang Liang⁴  Ting Xia⁵  Bingqing Lu⁶  Wenyuan Li⁶ 

[1] Corresponding authors at: Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 39 Shi-er-qiao Road, Chengdu, Sichuan 610072, PR China (H. Yang);Clinical Skill Center, Clinical Medical School of Chengdu University of TCM, Chengdu, China;Department of Chinese Internal Medicine, Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China;Department of Student Affairs, Clinical Medical School of Chengdu University of TCM, Chengdu, China;Education Department, Clinical Medical School of Chengdu University of TCM, Chengdu, China;Sichuan Evidence-Based Medicine Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China;

关键词: Standardized patients;    TCM;    Clinical competency;    Medical education;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Background: Some Western medicine schools in China established standardized patient (SP) programs for medical education. However, SP programs are rarely applied to the education of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). In this study, we evaluated the effectiveness of using standardized patient traditional Chinese medicine (SP-TCM) to improve clinical competency among TCM medical students. Methods: This study was a prospective, 2-group, parallel-training randomized trial over the course of 5 years. Data were collected from September 2016 to December 2020. Participants in each year were randomly allocated into the traditional-method training group or the SP-TCM training group (1:1) for a 3-month curriculum. Measurement of clinical competency among all trainees was based on a standardized examination composed of scores of medical record documentation, scores of TCM syndrome differentiation and therapeutic regimen, and checklist assessment from both SP-TCMs and TCM professionals. Feedback was collected using semi-constructive questionnaires from both groups. Results: Compared with those assigned to traditional-method training, those assigned to SP-TCM training demonstrated significantly greater post-training improvement in medical record documentation and TCM syndrome differentiation and therapeutic regimen. Moreover, SP-TCM trainees outscored those assigned to traditional training in the assessment for encounter performance given by independent SP-TCMs and TCM professionals. The SP-TCM method gained higher satisfaction of training efficacy and test performance than the traditional method. Conclusion: This SP-TCM program demonstrated great benefits for improving clinical competency among TCM medical students.

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