Practice of “one week with one case” teaching method with college-enterprise cooperation in the theoretical classes of contact lens courses

• Main Authors: Yang Yang, Li Wang, Wen-Lan Liu, Jin Yan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Press of International Journal of Ophthalmology (IJO PRESS) 2016-06-01
• Series: Guoji Yanke Zazhi
• Subjects: college-enterprise cooperation; “one week with one case” teaching method; contact lens course; teaching effect
• Online Access: http://ies.ijo.cn/cn_publish/2016/6/201606036.pdf

AIM: To explore the effects of “one week with one case” teaching method with college-enterprise cooperation in the theoretical classes of contact lens courses, which provide the basis for teaching reform. <p>METHODS: Fifty-six students in optometry major of Grade 2012 from Xi'an Medical College were divided into 2 groups randomly. The experimental group of 28 students used “one week with one case” teaching method with college-enterprise cooperation; the control group of 28 people used traditional “one week with one case” teaching method. The examination scores and questionnaire were used to evaluate the teaching effects. <p>RESULTS: The students of experimental group acquired higher test scores in short-answer questions and the case analysis questions compared with students of control group(<i>P</i><0.05). The questionnaire survey showed the “one week with one case” teaching method with college-enterprise cooperation acquired higher scores in 6 items which include the intensity of learning interest, information acquisition ability, team cooperation ability, communication skills, oral communication ability and the satisfaction of teaching method(<i>P</i><0.05). Four items included participation, preparation, communication ability and team spirit of experimental group students were significantly superior to those of the control group students(<i>P</i><0.05). <p>CONCLUSION:“One week with one case” teaching method with college-enterprise cooperation can improve comprehensive ability of students. It is an effective teaching method with the characteristics of the contact lens courses.