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Table 5 Personal abilities and schools’ teaching areas that could be affected by the Guanghua Cup

From: The national dental undergraduate clinical skills competition known as the Guanghua Cup: an innovative and effective program that promoted undergraduate dental education in China

 

Item

referees (%)

team leaders (%)

participating students (%)

volunteers (%)

p value

Personal abilities

Professional knowledge*

10 (31.25 %)

20 (66.67 %)

122 (73.50 %)

52 (47.28 %)

0.000

Clinical skills*

8 (25.00 %)

18 (60.00 %)

139 (83.73 %)

30 (27.27 %)

0.000

Self-recognition*

6 (18.75 %)

10 (33.33 %)

89 (53.61 %)

22 (21.00 %)

0.000

Professional interest*

6 (18.75 %)

9 (30.00 %)

80 (48.19 %)

38 (34.55 %)

0.004

Cooperation*

18 (56.25 %)

28 (93.33 %)

148 (89.16 %)

98 (89.09 %)

0.000

Communication*

14 (43.75 %)

23 (76.67 %)

124 (74.70 %)

84 (76.36 %)

0.004

Teaching methods

26 (81.25 %)

23 (76.67 %)

121 (72.89 %)

83 (75.45 %)

0.812

Crisis management*

6 (18.75 %)

15 (50.00 %)

74 (44.58 %)

30 (27.27 %)

0.001

Others*

2 (6.25 %)

0 (0.00 %)

1 (0.60 %)

0 (0.00 %)

0.046

Schools’ teaching

Improving the standardization of preclinical and clinical teaching*

26 (81.25 %)

28 (93.33 %)

157 (94.58 %)

73 (66.36 %)

0.000

Updating teaching methods*

20 (62.50 %)

19 (63.33 %)

78 (46.99 %)

37 (33.64 %)

0.003

Strengthening competitive consciousness

16 (50.00 %)

16 (53.33 %)

89 (53.61 %)

54 (49.09 %)

0.895

Promoting communication and cooperation*

30 (93.75 %)

28 (93.33 %)

116 (69.88 %)

88 (80.00 %)

0.001

Enriching experience in holding competitions*

12 (37.50 %)

20 (66.67 %)

64 (38.55 %)

38 (34.55 %)

0.017

Encouraging education reform*

18 (56.25 %)

18 (60.00 %)

78 (46.99 %)

30 (27.27 %)

0.000

Others*

2 (6.25 %)

0 (0.00 %)

0 (0.00 %)

0 (0.00 %)

0.029

  1. *Represent statistically significant difference among four interview groups. *(p < 0.05)