Rabineau Didier, Dhainaut Jean-François
Agence d'évaluation de la recherche et de l'enseignement supérieur (AERES) F- 75002 Paris, France.
Presse Med. 2010 Jan;39(1):e1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.lpm.2009.11.002. Epub 2009 Dec 31.
AERES has achieved the first comparative study of the French medical schools based on the analysis of both teaching performance and research activity.
The human resources considered in the evaluation are full-time, tenured, university hospital teaching staff (TUHT), professors or lecturers, and are meaningful only if the number of students is considered. The estimated number of students is based on the Numerus Clausus (NC), number of students allowed each year to enter in the second year of medical studies. Teaching performance of each faculty is based on the success of their students in a national ranking examination (Examen Classant National - ECN), at the end of their second cycle of medical studies which allows them to choose, for their third specialising cycle of medical studies, the specialty and region of practice. Research activity is estimated on the SIGAPS score of the medical school based on the number and impact factor of the scientific papers produced for five years running by the full-time professors and lecturers of each medical school, the number of national clinical research projects (PHRC) they have conducted during the three past years and the number of research units headed by these professors labelled by CNRS and INSERM.
French medical school characteristics are markedly different in the number of university-hospital teaching staff, teaching performances and research activities. Numerous teaching staff and labelled research units have a beneficial influence on research activity and teaching results. The impact on teaching results is less statistically significant than that on research activity. A medical school mapping is then outlined.
More precise analysis of the observed differences between medical schools will allow propose recommendations.
法国高等教育研究评估署（AERES）在对教学表现和研究活动进行分析的基础上，首次完成了对法国医学院校的比较研究。
评估中所考虑的人力资源为全职、终身制的大学医院教学人员（TUHT）、教授或讲师，并且只有在考虑学生数量的情况下才有意义。学生估计数量基于招生限额（Numerus Clausus，NC），即每年允许进入医学学习第二年的学生数量。各医学院的教学表现基于其学生在全国排名考试（全国排名考试 - ECN）中的成绩，该考试在医学学习第二阶段结束时进行，通过此次考试学生能够在医学学习的第三专业阶段选择专业和实习地区。研究活动根据医学院的SIGAPS分数进行评估，该分数基于各医学院全职教授和讲师连续五年发表的科学论文数量及影响因子、他们在过去三年中开展的国家临床研究项目（PHRC）数量以及这些教授领导的被法国国家科学研究中心（CNRS）和法国国家健康与医学研究院（INSERM）标记的研究单位数量。
法国各医学院校在大学医院教学人员数量、教学表现和研究活动方面存在显著差异。大量的教学人员和有标记的研究单位对研究活动和教学成果有积极影响。对教学成果的影响在统计学上不如对研究活动的影响显著。随后勾勒出了医学院校分布图。
对医学院校间观察到的差异进行更精确的分析将有助于提出建议。
