Chinese Journal of Medical Education ›› 2024, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (3): 161-165.DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn115259-20230426-00434

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A study on the current situation and influencing factors of health education abilities amongclinical medicine undergraduates

Yin Hui, Li Wenxuan, Li Zehui, Tao Yuchun, Zhang Ying, Liu Wei, Dong Junhong, Zhang Zuoming, Wang Limin   

  1. Department of Health Education, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China
  • Received:2023-04-26 Online:2024-03-01 Published:2024-03-06
  • Contact: Yin Hui, Email: enxuemama@163.com
  • Supported by:
    Chinese Medical Association Medical Education Branch and China Association of Higher Education Medical Education Specialized Committee 2020 Medical Education Research Project (2020B-N06339)

Abstract: Objective To understand the current status of health education abilities of clinical medicine undergraduates and analyze its influencing factors, in order to inform future improvement of their health education abilities. Methods In 2019 and 2020, 388 undergraduates of 2017 and 2018 clinical medicine majors from a medical university in Harbin were investigated with regards to their health education abilities, to build a structural equation model of the influencing factors of health education ability, and conduct a mediate effect test. Results The overall health education abilities of clinical medicine undergraduates are normal, with a score of (28.95±5.30); The general self-efficacy score is (27.81±5.58). Among the 388 students, 108(29.3%) were concerned about health knowledge and events, and 78(21.1%) were concerned about the health behavior of those around them; The number of people who agree that ″doctors who cannot do well in health education are not good doctors″ ″basic skills in health education can promote various abilities of doctors″ and ″health education skills are the basic skills that clinical doctors should possess″ are 253(68.5%), 283(76.7%) and 290(78.6%), respectively. The most influential factors on health education ability were general self-efficacy, the others were family conditions, the awareness of the importance of health education and the awareness of health care (the standardized total effect were 0.36, 0.21, 0.15 and 0.06, all P<0.05). General self-efficacy and awareness of the importance of health education are important mediating factors. Conclusions The health education abilities of clinical medicine undergraduates need to be further enhanced by improving the general self-efficacy and awareness of the importance of health education.

Key words: Clinical medicine, Undergraduates, Health education ability, Current situation, Structural equation modeling, Influencing factors

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