Abstract:

Objective

To explore the effect of the teaching method integrating ideological and political curriculum in critical care medicine.

Methods

The undergraduate students of grade 2016 from Xiangya Medical College, Central South University in semester 2020-2021 were in the recruited research.These students were randomly divided into experimental group and control group.The experimental group (91 students) adopted the case teaching method of critical care medicine integrating ideological and political curriculum, while the control group (89 students) adopted the teaching method of teaching critical care medicine and ideological and political curriculum separately.At the end of teaching, the student recognition rate was obtained through questionnaire survey.

Results

Compared with the students in the control group, the students in the experimental group thought that the new curriculum design was more reasonable (85.71% vs 68.54%, P=0.0075) and were more satisfactory(81.32% vs 67.42%, P=0.0403).The students in the experimental group believed that the case teaching method of professional courses integrating ideological and political curriculum was more realistic (78.02% vs 62.92%,P=0.0334), and could better enhance learning interests (72.53% vs 53.93%, P=0.0334), professional abilities(76.92% vs 55.06%, P=0.0027), teamwork ability (93.41% vs 80.90%, P=0.0140), earlier integration (83.52%vs 69.66%, P=0.0345); more teaching advantage (86.81% vs 69.66%, P=0.0065), students’ patriotism education(92.31% vs 79.78%, P=0.0178), and professional literacy (90.11% vs 78.65%, P=0.0404).The differences were statistically significant (P＜0.05).

Conclusion

The case teaching method of critical care medicine integrating ideological and political curriculum has significant advantages in enhancing students’ professional abilities and strengthening patriotism education, teamwork spirits, and the spirits of not giving up.

Key words: Critical care medicine, Ideological and political education, Case-based teaching method