Research on constituent elements of training objectives for postgraduates in rehabilitation engineering from the perspective of interdisciplinarity and industry-education integration

doi:10.3760/cma.j.cn115259-20251009-01250

Abstract

Abstract: Objective Guided by the demand for high-level professional talents in rehabilitation engineering, this study explores the objective constituent elements of postgraduates majoring in rehabilitation science and technology (rehabilitation engineering track) from the perspectives of interdisciplinary integration and industry-education collaboration. Methods This qualitative research adopts the semi-structured in-depth interview method combined with grounded theory. An interview outline was developed based on the interdisciplinary characteristics of rehabilitation engineering, integrating medicine and engineering as well as the integration of industry and education. From June to October 2024, a total of 21 interviewees from 7 universities and 3 technology enterprises engaged in rehabilitation engineering across the country were recruited for semi-structured interviews, yielding valid interview transcripts with a total word count of 59 500. NVivo 20.0 qualitative analysis software was utilized to deconstruct, encode, extract, and cluster the raw data in strict accordance with the three-level coding paradigm of grounded theory. A total of 468 initial codes were generated, which were deduplicated and semantically categorized to form 18 first-order open codes, 6 second-order axial codes, and 2 third-order selective core codes. Results The training objective constituent elements for postgraduates under the rehabilitation engineering track are divided into two major dimensions: academic research and practical application, which cover six core subcategories. The theoretical construction, methodological innovation, and academic expression belong to the academic research dimension; the practical application dimension consists of problem identification, problem solving, and value realization. The elements of the two dimensions support each other and coordinately conform to the training logic of postgraduates in the rehabilitation engineering track. Conclusions This study constructs a dual-helix constituent element model of training objectives for postgraduates of the rehabilitation engineering track centered on ″academic research-practical application.″ Integrating the training characteristics of medicine-engineering interdisciplinary integration and industry-education integration, the model can provide theoretical support and practical reference for universities to optimize postgraduate training programs for the Rehabilitation Engineering track, improve the talent cultivation system of interdisciplinary disciplines, and meet the industry′s demand for high-level professionals.

Key words: Education, medical, graduate, Rehabilitation engineering, Constituent elements of training objectives, Interdisciplinary, Industry-education integration

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Qiu Lulu, Wu Hengjing, Jin Lingjing, Luo Jian, Niu Wenxin, Wang Shitan, Wang Yuru, Wang Tongyue. Research on constituent elements of training objectives for postgraduates in rehabilitation engineering from the perspective of interdisciplinarity and industry-education integration[J]. Chinese Journal of Medical Education, 2026, 46(10): 772-777, DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn115259-20251009-01250.

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