Research on the current situation and countermeasures of practice teaching of full-time master degree program of public health

Abstract

Objective To investigate the current situation of practical teaching for master degree of public health, to identify existing problems, and putting forward feasible suggestions and opinions for the future training. Methods From 2014 to 2015, 422 students from 34 institutions of full-time master degree in public health were selected as the research objects, and questionnaire was used to investigate them from the aspects of practice unit and unit selection, practice mode, practice time, work content, assessment and satisfaction. Results Totally 74.2%(313/422) students chose centers for Disease Control and Prevention as their main places of practice; 41.7% (176/422) of practice units were arranged by tutors and 41.0% (173/422) of schools, but 36.5% (154/422) students thought that it was more reasonable to choose practice units on their own; 45.5% (192/422) students thought that it was the most reasonable to combine fixed departments and fixed units rotation mode; 19.9% (84/422) of the students' colleges require to practice for less than 6 months, all of them complete or over complete the practice, and 96.7% (118/122) of the students who practice for more than 12 months complete the practice; the main content of the students' practical work is mainly daily affairs, but 46.2% (195/422) of the students think that they should participate in the project research and Special research can improve their ability; students' overall satisfaction score for practical training is 3.80 points (full score 5 points). Conclusions There are some problems in the training, such as the type of practice base, the single choice way, the overall design of practice to be improved, and the lack of evaluation mechanism. Therefore, it is necessary to further strengthen the construction of practice base, improve the practice training program, and build the assessment and evaluation system, so as to ensure the practice quality of full-time master degree of public health and to improve the satisfaction of students. Key words: Master of public health; Professional practice; Teaching; Research