A survey about health statistics instructional needs of postgraduates

Objective To get to know the status of health statistics postgraduate teaching and requirements during the study, and provide a basis to improve medical statistics teaching. Methods Postgraduate students of 2008 grade of Dalian Medical University were selected randomly and filled in the self-designed questionnaire. Results 52.6％ of the students considered that medical statistics was more important than other courses. 72.6％ of the students thought that medical statistics was difficult. Up to 30％of the students couldn't master and apply superior statistical analysis technique. Conclusion The results of the survey offered basis and direction for enhancing the teaching quality and improving teaching methods. Key words: Health statistics;  Postgraduates;  Instructional needs