Objective

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To explore a way of teaching that cannot only improve the instructional quality but integrate ideological and political education elements into the clinical internship.

Methods

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The present research added teacher standardized patient (TSP) + student standardized patient (SSP) to the conventional ways of teaching in internship

and assessed the new practice through questionnaire responses as well as formative evaluation grades of student interns from various aspects such as the teaching effects. The subjects selected for the study included 57 students from the Excellent Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Class of 2025 and 31 from Nanyang Technological University Class of 2022.

Results

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From a total of 88 valid questionnaire responses collected

the results showed that 88.6% of the students were satisfied with the TSP + SSP teaching

90.9% thought that most of them could participate in relevant activities

92% believed that it was superior to the traditional mode of internship

and 95.6% stated that the new teaching method could improve their skills of doctor-patient communication and strengthen their humanistic care for patients. Compared with the previous classes of the same major who were trained with the traditional internship

the scores of case history writing of the Excellent Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Class were higher than those of the previous class (

P

<

0.01)

and the in-class quiz scores of Nanyang Technological University Class were higher than those of the previous class (

P

<

0.01).

Conclusion

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TSP + SSP can well integrate the ideological and political elements of humanistic care into teaching

improve students′ performance and involve most students

which could complement the traditional ways of teaching.