Liu Amy C, Liu Michael, Dannaway Jasan, Schoo Adrian
St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
Nepean Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
Clin Teach. 2017 Oct;14(5):330-335. doi: 10.1111/tct.12591. Epub 2017 Jan 12.
The current global trend of growth in medical training is increasing the demand for the teaching and supervision of medical students and junior doctors. If well trained and supported, junior doctors and medical students represent an important teaching resource. Unfortunately, there is limited evidence available on whether Australian medical students are equipped with teaching skills. This study aimed to gain insight into the type and amount of teaching-skills training and peer-to-peer teaching present in Australian medical schools.
A survey of Australian medical schools was conducted between May and December 2014. An online 22-item questionnaire was sent to all 19 Australian medical schools.
The response rate to the questionnaire was 100 per cent. Eleven Australian medical schools reported offering a teaching-skills programme, of which five were described as compulsory formal programmes. Eight schools did not offer such a programme, citing time restraints and other subjects taking higher priority. Formal peer-to-peer teaching opportunities were described by 17 schools, with 13 offering this electively. Two schools reported that they did not offer such opportunities because of time restraints, the belief that the quality of expert teaching is superior and because of a lack of staffing. The demand for the teaching and supervision of medical students and junior doctors is increasing CONCLUSIONS: Despite the increasing number of medical students and subsequently junior doctors in Australia, a minority of Australian medical schools report including a formal, compulsory teaching-skills programme. These results may imply a lost opportunity to use the positive effects of teaching-skills programmes, and are in line with studies from other countries.
当前全球医学培训的增长趋势使得对医学生和初级医生教学与监督的需求不断增加。如果得到良好的培训和支持，初级医生和医学生是重要的教学资源。不幸的是，关于澳大利亚医学生是否具备教学技能的证据有限。本研究旨在深入了解澳大利亚医学院校教学技能培训的类型和数量以及同伴间教学的情况。
2014年5月至12月对澳大利亚医学院校进行了一项调查。向澳大利亚所有19所医学院校发送了一份包含22个条目的在线问卷。
问卷回复率为100%。11所澳大利亚医学院校报告提供了教学技能课程，其中5个被描述为必修的正式课程。8所学校未提供此类课程，理由是时间限制以及其他科目优先级更高。17所学校描述了正式的同伴间教学机会，其中13所是选修提供。两所学校报告称，由于时间限制、认为专家教学质量更高以及缺乏人员配备，他们没有提供此类机会。对医学生和初级医生教学与监督的需求在增加。
尽管澳大利亚医学生数量以及随后的初级医生数量不断增加，但少数澳大利亚医学院校报告称设有正式的必修教学技能课程。这些结果可能意味着失去了利用教学技能课程积极效果的机会，并且与其他国家的研究结果一致。
