Quality assessment of paediatric education and research in southwest China: A cross-sectional study

PLoS One. 2024 Apr 5;19(4):e0301708. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0301708. eCollection 2024.

Abstract

Currently, there is a limited analysis of medical education research both domestically and internationally. To enhance, improve the quality of medical education, this study conducted a quantitative analysis of teaching project data from an affiliated hospital during the period 2016-2022. The results indicated that a total of 133 teaching projects were initiated during this period, with an average age of project leaders being 42.73±6.45 years. Regarding professional ranks and titles, municipal-level project leaders had a high concentration of seniors (48.15%), while at the university-level, most project leaders held the title of deputy seniors (58.82%). At the university-level, project leaders were mainly distributed between deputy senior titles (37.08%) and intermediate titles (38.20%). In terms of research content, nearly half of the studies (46.62%) focused on teaching methods and models. Further regression analysis revealed that professional ranks and titles were an independent factor influencing the project level (P<0. 05). These findings suggest the need for improvement in medical education research, including addressing the uneven distribution of research topics, enhancing the research capacity of junior and mid-career medical education teachers, and improving the dissemination of research results.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Child
  • China
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Education, Medical*
  • Educational Status
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Universities

Grants and funding

Funding This work was funded by the Chongqing municipal major teaching research and reform of higher education project (191013). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.