NGHIÊN CỨU THỰC TRẠNG VÀ NHU CẦU HỌC, SỬ DỤNG TIẾNG ANH CHUYÊN NGÀNH CỦA SINH VIÊN Y KHOA TỪ NĂM THỨ 3 ĐẾN NĂM THỨ 6 TẠI TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC Y DƯỢC CẦN THƠ

Abstract

Background: The investigation of the need for learning and using medical English is very useful and urgent, especially for students who have completed medical English courses at university. They have experiences in learning medical English at school as well as the needs for learning medical English after completing the medical English courses. Objectives: 1. Surveying the current status and the demand for learning medical English of 3^th to 6^th year medical students who have completed medical English course at Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy. 2. Suggesting measures to improve the quality of learning and using medical English among the students. Materials and methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study with a single random sample, including 348 medical students who answer by filling out the questionnaire directly. Results: Listening- Speaking is the skill that the students feel least confident with the percentage of 56,9%. Reading is the skill that students feel most confident with the percentage of 71,26%. There is a statistically significant difference in the rate of continuing learning medical English among groups of opinions about the importance of medical English. Clinical case discussion is the method received a great deal of positive reviews, with 52.16% of students have rated its effectiveness as "quite effective" to "very effective”. After completing the medical English credits in the university, listening - speaking is the skill and pathology - treatment is the field that students want to learn the most. Proposals for the medical English credits to improve listening-speaking skill and the applicability in teaching methods. At the same time, there is a need for support in bringing medical English into specialized subjects and extracurricular activities. Conclusion: Students who completed medical English credits have the need to learn medical English and it is closely related to medical specialization and listeing-speaking skill. Proposals want the process of learning medical English to have more interaction and support from other subjects to improve the quality of learning and using medical English.