Application of clinical pathway in clinical practice teaching of neurology

Objective To evaluate the teaching effects of applying clinical pathway in clinical practice teaching of neurology. Methods The undergraduate interns majoring in clinical medicine were randomly divided into clinical pathway teaching method group (n=34) and traditional teaching method group (n=34). Both groups were taught by senior physicians with the same teaching content and teaching material. A control study between the two groups in theoretical knowledge, operational skills and satisfaction degrees of teaching was carried out. Results The results of clinical pathway teaching method group in theoretical knowledge[(55.2±3.70) vs. (51.8±4.6)] and operational skills [(36.3±3.2) vs. (31.3±2.19)] were both sig-nificantly better than those of traditional teaching method group (P<0.05). The satisfaction degree of teach-ing of clinical pathway teaching method group is relatively higher. Conclusions The clinical pathway teaching method enhances the scientific property and systematic property of teaching contents, obtaining a favorable teaching effect. Key words: Clinical pathway; Neurology; Clinical practice