Importance of health teaching skills attributed by university students and professors

Abstract The article aimed to analyze the importance attributed to health teaching skills by students and university professors of Nursing and Medicine courses. The data were collected in 2017 based on the application of two health teaching skill scales to 315 students and 80 teachers. Differences between groups of students (type of course, institution and age group) and teachers (type of course, institution, length of service and type of teaching practice) were analyzed using non-parametric tests. The results indicated a high importance of health teaching skills for both teachers and university students. Significant differences were also observed between students from the Nursing and Medicine courses, from public and private institutions, as well as from professors with different working times and teaching practices. This result encourages research to assess the health teaching skills adopted in university courses, as they directly contribute to the development of teacher training actions.

摘要：本研究旨在分析护理与医学专业学生及高校教师对健康教学技能（health teaching skills）的重视程度。研究数据采集于2017年，通过向315名学生与80名教师施测两份健康教学技能量表完成。本研究采用非参数检验（non-parametric tests），分析不同分组学生（专业类型、院校类型与年龄段）及教师（专业类型、院校类型、从教年限与教学实践类型）间的差异。结果显示，教师与高校学生均高度重视健康教学技能。研究同时发现，护理与医学专业学生、公办与民办院校学生，以及不同从教年限与教学实践类型的教师之间均存在显著差异。该研究结果可为评估高校课程中所应用的健康教学技能提供研究方向，因其直接推动教师培养相关行动的开展。