Survey on attitudes of questionnaires-survey technique among university students majored in preventive medicine

Objective To understand the situation of knowledge, practices and attitudes on questionnaire-survey technique among university students majored in preventive medicine to provide suggestions for related teaching reform. Methods In total of 141 prevention medical students of the fifth grade from two universities were sampled, and self-designed questionnaire was used. Results The proportions of understanding in questionnaire testing property, steps in questionnaire survey and influencing factors of questionnaire-survey results were 80.8%, 75.9% and 61.0%, respectively. 65.2% students answered 'grasping completely' or 'grasping basically' the principles of questionnaire-survey technique. Average times of participating in questionnaire-survey design, implementation and result analysis were 1.75±1.66, 1.71±1.38 and 1.41±1.07, respectively. The average sample size of finishing questionnaire-survey was 421.65±358.21. Students thought questionnaire-survey technique 'having a larger role in health information collection'accounted for 78.2%. 78.7% students considered the questionnaire-survey result 'true' or 'relatively true'. 62.4%of students thought the questionnaire survey 'difficult' or 'relatively difficult' in conducting, and design and implementation were considered as the difficult steps in questionnaire-survey. The above indicators had no statistical difference between universities.Conclusion Cross-subjects theories on technique need teachers to help students summarize. Instruction on the phases of design and field-work in questionnaire-survey needs to be strengthened.