Investigation and preliminary study on teaching design of high altitude cardiopathy based on MOOC

  AIM  To evaluate concrete ways and methods of combining Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) with traditional teaching methods in the teaching process of high altitude cardiopathy.

  METHODS  According to the different majors of 206 students in the spring semester of 2018, a questionnaire was designed to understand the cognition and demand of undergraduate students and to provide a basis for the subsequent curriculum arrangement of high altitude cardiopathy.

  RESULTS  In the spring semester of 2018, only 17 students (8.5%) had a complete knowledge of MOOCs, 77 students (37.26%) had known about it, and 84 students (40.8%) had heard of it but did not know the way it was taught. 28 students never heard of MOOCs (13.44%). In addition, 33 students (15.81%) considered it very necessary to set up the MOOCs of high altitude cardiopathy courses, and 73 students (35.61%) considered it necessary to set up these courses. It is no concerned about 86 students (41.98%) whether if set up MOOCs or not. And only 14 people (6.6%) think that it is not necessary to set up high altitude cardiopathy MOOCs courses. A questionnaire was conducted to investigate the needs of high altitude cardiopathy courses for all students in the spring semester of 2018.

  CONCLUSION  Undergraduates majoring in clinical medicine in military academies know less about the MOOCs. In order to ensure the smooth development of MOOCs of high altitude cardiopathy, it is necessary to increase media attention of MOOCs courses, so that they can become an extension of traditional teaching and be a greater part of young cadets’ education.