Effect of WeChat network in clinical teaching of cardiovascular medicine

  AIM   To evaluate the effect of the teaching model of WeChat in clinical teaching of cardiovascular medicine.

  METHODS  In this study, 48 cardiovascular internal medicine interns were selected as subjects for observation from May 2017 to May 2018. The interns were divided into two groups by digital random grouping method, with 24 in a control group and a WeChat group. Conventional teaching method was used in the control group, while WeChat was applied in the WeChat group. Scores of theoretical knowledge and practical ability of the two groups were compared, and the degrees of satisfaction with their teaching mode of the two groups were analyzed.

  RESULTS  The scores of theoretical knowledge and practical ability of students in WeChat group were significantly higher than those in control group, and the satisfaction degrees with the teaching mode and teaching effect in WeChat group were also significantly higher than those in control group (P < 0.05).

  CONCLUSION  Proper implementation of Wechat in clinical teaching of cardiovascular medicine achieves good effect, which is conducive to the improvement of interns’ theoretical knowledge and clinical practice ability and is worthy of wide application in future clinical practice.