Application of medical ethics drama in the teaching of ideological and moral cultivation and the legal basis

Objective To determine the effectiveness of medical ethics drama in the teaching of ideological and moral cultivation and the legal basis. Methods A simple random sampling method is used to collect 480 students of 5-year clinical medicine from Fujian Medical University in May 2019, through a self-made questionnaire to investigate the student's evaluation on the education outcome of medical ethics drama instruction. The questionnaire including 4 parts: participants' demographic characteristics, study condition, evaluation on medical ethics drama instruction and its suggestion. Results The overall score of the learning outcome evaluation on medical ethics drama is (40.86±7.09). Male students' value recognition on medical ethics drama is higher than female students [(15.87±3.45) vs (16.46±2.89), t=-2.015, P=0.044]. Students with cadre experience get higher score on participation [(16.79±2.91) vs (16.07±2.92)], innovative thinking [(8.26±1.67) vs (7.85±1.61)]and overall evaluation on medical ethics drama [(41.38±7.11) vs (39.85±6.95)] than those without cadre experience, the difference is statistically significant (all P<0.05). Multiple linear regression analysis shows that the degree of drama participation both and out of class, clarity of learning targets, role-playing investment are the influencing factors toward the evaluation of medical ethics drama. Conclusions The results demonstrate that medical ethics drama instruction has a good education effectiveness. Key words: Medical ethics drama; Effectiveness; Teaching; Evaluation