Education Mode of Applied Innovative Talents in Higher Vocational

Medical Colleges

Jianrui Yu

Baicheng Medical College, Baicheng, Jilin, 137000, China

Keywords: Medical College, Innovative Talent, Education Mode.

Abstract: Effect of talents cultivation in high vocational medical college has a direct influence on medical achieve-

ment and level of medical worker in future China. The public hopes for advanced and professional health

care. Applied innovative talents are urgent needed. Many higher vocational medical colleges attach im-

portance to cultivation of talents through various means. Facing with many troubles, colleges and teachers

boost cultivation effect with development of students’ source, reinforcement of faculty, improvement of

courses and initiative cooperation. Thus, a scientific integrated mode can be formed for cultivation of ap-

plied innovative talents.

1 INTRODUCTION

With better employment prospect and social status of

medical worker, medical colleges are popular with

examinees and patriarch. However, higher

vocational medical colleges has received cold

shoulder from the public. Long-term bias and some

flaws of colleges make it ineffective for medical

higher vocational education. Corresponding talents

cultivation is difficult to orderly carry out. With

intention of image-changing, higher vocational

colleges need deep going exploration of running

situation and education mode (Li Qin, 2013). They

should make efforts to achieve the goal of cultivating

professional high-quality talents for society.

2 STATUS OF EDUCATION

MODE OF TALENTS

CULTIVATION IN HIGHER

VOCATIONAL MEDICAL

COLLEGES

2.1 Substandard Enrollment of Higher

Vocational Medical Colleges

With decrease of students’ number, some colleges

recruit very limited students every year, although

colleges in China has greatly lowered threshold of

admission. Moreover, only one child in family is

common in China. Number of students recruited in

any college is hard to achieve expected level. Some

are even difficult to meet with eligibility criteria. In

the field of medical colleges, enrollment in some

well-known undergraduate universities is fever for

their reputation and regular employment provided.

Especially in universities in first-tier cities,

enrollment of students is overfulfilled for relatively

huge demand (Zhu Huifang, 2014). On the contrary,

higher vocational medical colleges are lack of

visibility and reputation for located in the second-tier

or third-tier cities. Additionally, with unsatisfactory

employment, higher vocational colleges are hard to

recruit students. For example, only a quarter of

higher vocational medical colleges in Hebei province

completed their enrollment plans in 2013. Most of

higher vocational colleges are in trouble with

admission.

The causes are complicated. Faculty and hardware

conditions cannot satisfy most students and their

parents. Long-term prejudice drive students

selectively ignore higher vocational colleges. Little

attention will be paid, even though colleges make

sufficient preparations for new coming students and

their future developments. Most of higher vocational

colleges attract students with advertising in senior

high school or contacting with students proactively.

But these methods are not long-term solutions.

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Colleges should find internal reasons and effective

solutions, so as to increase enrollment (Wang Feng,

2011).

2.2 Single Teaching Mode in Medical

College

Teachers in medical professional are required to

combine practice with theory in teaching. Students

should learn theoretical knowledge, such as basic

medicine, clinical medicine, preventive medicine and

health medicine. Additionally, students should learn

certain clinical practice skills with overcoming

psychological obstacle in practical. Single teaching

mode is common in most of higher vocational

medical colleges presently. It differs not significantly

from teaching methods of other theoretic disciplines.

Actually, higher vocational medical colleges need

more combination of theory and practice in class. In

the practice, students can master professional skills

later used in the jobs, and can form earnest rigorous

attitude of medicine.

For example, graduates of clinical medical can work

on clinical treatment in community health service

and basic medical places in the future. Graduates are

required to detail understanding of pathogenic

condition, physical condition and demand of

patients. Besides, patients should be treated with a

generous heart and good professional ethics.

Especially for current tense doctor-patient

relationship, students should be trained of reaction

and psychological adjustment ability by teachers.

Thus, students can better adapt to future medical

work. Cultivation of students in medical colleges

involves several aspects such as profession, society

and psychology. Such knowledge or experience

cannot be simply passed on by teachers’ oral

presentations. But most of higher vocational medical

colleges still conservatively carry on this teaching

mode. Students can contradict to or be tired of fixed

mode, thus causing non-ideal teaching effect. Above

all, adjustment and reform of teaching method are

necessary in medical colleges.

2.3 Separated from Practical Problems

in Teaching

For a long time, conservative and relatively stable

medical education has cultivated excellent medical

personnel with solid basic skill and earnest rigorous

attitude for society. However, such relatively static

learning environment and mode imprison creativity

and imagination of students to a certain degree. As a

practical skill, saving lives is the responsibility of

each medical staff. However, conventional methods

are often limited in practical diagnosis and treatment,

affecting efficiency of healing the wounded and

rescuing the dying. For example, some basic medical

service center is equipped with rare devices and

insufficient treatment. Critical patients can only

accept conservative treatment or temporarily pain

relief. Nidus of patient is not able to be removed as

quickly as possible. With some emergencies, patients

cannot be placed reasonably due to limited scale and

quantity of medical infrastructure. Misdiagnosis or

medical accidents can be caused, let alone decrease

of doctor’s efficiency.

The above are practical problems faced by

teachers and students in higher vocational medical

colleges. But most of them pay no attention to the

intractable problems. These problems are not

discussed among students in the teaching, causing no

creative solutions and countermeasures. Teaching is

separated from practical problems existing in the

professional field, with an effect of null. So-called

teaching reform and innovation become castles in the

air.

3 CULTIVATION MODE OF

INNOVATIVE TALENTS IN

HIGHER VOCATIONAL

COLLEGES

3.1 Expanding Strength of Teachers

and Optimizing Resource of

Students

Optimization of students is to be achieved by every

college. Sufficient absorption of students represents

strong strength of college. With sufficient students,

more advanced teaching improvement and practice

can be implemented, thus improving teaching quality

and forming good school ethos. Cultivation of

students can be smoothly boosted with more obvious

scale effects.

In recent years, higher vocational medical

colleges have made efforts to train applied

innovative talents. Enough high-quality students and

backbone teachers are required as foundation of all

education reform at first. More attention should be

paid to improve strength of teachers. As a core

competitiveness of colleges, strong faculty can be

formed by detention of outstanding graduates,

external recruitment, internal preferment and further

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education of teachers. Young, vibrant, potential

teachers can contribute to better innovation in higher

vocational medical colleges.

Teachers with outstanding performance in

medical education should be excavated seriously. By

using good salary or benefits, some teachers with

excellent ability and innovation can be attracted as

leaders of innovative talents cultivation. Model

teacher should be broadcasted. Team of teachers can

be encouraged for bold innovation of students’ basic

medical study, clinical practice and career planning.

Teachers should create valuable theoretical tips and

operation methods by combination with actual

situation and cast off traditional framework.

Additionally, teachers can be collectively trained for

changing old thinking and accepting modern

teaching methods and ideas. Teachers’ disconnect

with young students should be avoided, in order to

better guide students to develop new idea into

scientific and standardized innovation. Cultivation of

young teachers should not be ignored for little

generation gap with students. Teachers should

provide students for free loose thinking space.

Students’ innovative ability can be displayed and

exchanged, promoting cultivation of applied

innovative talents.

3.2 Opening Mind and Flexible

Teaching

Inherent idea should be changed by higher

vocational colleges to cultivate innovative talents at

first. Colleges should try to accept new ideas and

concept popular in modern society. Non-objective

views should be changed. With realistic positioning

of a cradle of talents, college can concentrate on

cultivating students without distractions. Talent

training is a proactive and certain advanced job.

Higher vocational medical colleges are shouldered

with multiple pressures from society, students and

parents. Colleges should open their minds to explore

directions for future teaching.

Change of teaching mode is an important link in

cultivating applied innovative talents.

Communication of students and teachers is mainly

involved in the process of teaching. Students’ ways

of thinking are largely affected by professional

teachers. Especially in medical class, certain

experience or sure conclusions can be passed on by

teachers. But it is not beneficial for flexible teaching

for innovative talents training, although such

knowledge is certainly valuable. Students should

present their own opinions or ideas after completion

of teaching content. Besides, students can gradually

form habits of independent thinking with more time

for autonomous learning. Thus, they can explore

more professional knowledge so as to deal with

various events in future jobs.

Daily class can be transferred into lab, where

students are encouraged to practice. Videos and

lectures can be used to deepen students’

understanding of professional knowledge and future

work. For necessary practice of students, colleges

can achieve contract or agreement with hospital or

other medical institutions. Theoretical or practical

innovations during internship should be

recommended, helping students master a complete

theoretical system or standard operating procedures.

Teachers can also increase assessment points for

encouraging students’ authority awards or

innovations. With the direct stimulation, cultivation

of students’ innovation can be boosted, thus offering

society high-quality medical talents.

3.3 Providing a Wide Range of Support

and Improving Applied Innovation

With weak ability and embarrassing situation in

recent years, higher vocational should look for

support and cooperation from all sides. External

assistance can improve talents cultivation. With

emphasis on colleges’ resources, higher vocational

medical colleges should focus on supportive policies

of China. These policies contribute to more

convenient cooperation with some counterpart

enterprises. Cultivation agreement can be achieved

between colleges and hospitals and medical and

health services center. Relatively stable and “win-

win” cooperation models can be formed, providing

more opportunities for students’ internship and

employment.

In addition, colleges and teachers can be inspired

by many academic seminars for talents cultivation.

On the platform, teaching methods can be

communicated among teachers to make common

progress. Sharing of diversified teaching resources

and exchanges with across colleges can be achieved

with intentional colleges during seminars. Scope of

cooperation and influence of colleges can be

enlarged.

Some skills contest among higher vocational

colleges and national professional skills contest can

contribute to cultivating students’ innovation ability.

Competitions can urge students to more actively

explore skills in theory or practice, stimulating their

enthusiasm and motivation of applied innovation.

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Joint effort of teachers and students is the key of

cultivation of applied innovative talents. Innovation

of education mode requires collaboration of teachers

and students, as well. Traditional knowledge in book

is important. But surefooted practice guided by

teachers is also needed for students’ open thinking

and bold innovation concept. Teachers should offer

timely answer or assistance when students have

questions or ideas. Faced with academic

requirements beyond abilities, teachers should ask

for more powerful help from colleges. Academic

institutions are to enrich students’ innovative idea or

method, shaping their senses of accomplishment and

self-confidence.

4 CONCLUSIONS

With obvious career orientation, cultivation in

medical colleges is related to future career and

employment of students. They should master

professional medical skills and practice for patients.

Colleges and teachers should gradually emancipate

their minds, paying more attention to faculty

improvement, teaching mode reform and

introduction of more partners. Students, especially in

medical major, can accept most valuable education.

Thus, the modern education goal of applied talents

cultivation can be achieved. Education mode of

cultivating talents in higher vocational colleges can

acquire a completely new outlook.

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