Abstract:
ObjectiveTo explore how local universities can seize opportunities in the process of integration of higher medical education in the Yangtze River Delta, and to understand the cognitive level and willingness tendency of different populations in local universities towards the integration of higher medical education in the Yangtze River Delta.
MethodsThe questionnaire was used to investigate different populations in Bengbu Medical College.A total of 106 management staffs, 298 teachers, and 2 385 students were investigated.The cognitive level and willingness tendency of survey subjects towards the integration of higher medical education in the Yangtze River Delta, and the influencing factors of different populations' willingness tendency towards the integration of education in the Yangtze River Delta were analyzed.
ResultsThe proportion of students with high willingness tendency in the Yangtze River Delta region was 51.66% (1 232/2 385), which were 56.71% (169/298) and 53.77% (57/106) in teachers and management staffs, respectively, and the highest proportion was found in teachers.In the student population, there was a statistically significant difference in the overall willingness of students with different genders and identities towards the integration of education in the Yangtze River Delta (P < 0.05 and P < 0.01), and different degrees of understanding level, cognition o development goals, cognition of existing measures, cognition of development trends in their own university, cognition of development measures, and overall cognition towards the integration of education in the Yangtze River Delta were statistically significant with students' overall willingness towards the integration of education in the Yangtze River Delta (P < 0.01);the results of binary logistic regression analysis showed that students' identity, cognition o development goals, cognition of existing measures, cognition of development trends in their own university, development measures, development measures in their own university and overall cognition were the influencing factors of students' willingness tendency towards the integration of education in the Yangtze River Delta (P < 0.01).In the teacher population, different levels of development measures, development trends in their own university, cognition of resource sharing and overall cognition towards the integration of education in the Yangtze River Delta were statistically significant with teachers' overall willingness towards the integration of education in the Yangtze River Delta (P < 0.01);the results of binary logistic regression analysis showed that cognition of development measures, cognition of development trends in their own university, cognition of resource sharing were the main influencing factors of teachers' willingness tendency towards the integration of education in the Yangtze River Delta (P < 0.05 to P < 0.01).In the management population, there was a statistically significant difference in the overall willingness of management staffs with different profession levels towards the integration of education in the Yangtze River Delta (P < 0.05), and different levels of development policies, understanding levels, development measures, development disorders in their own university, development measures in their own university and overall cognition towards the integration of education in the Yangtze River Delta were statistically significant with management staffs' overall willingness towards the integration of education in the Yangtze River Delta (P < 0.05 to P < 0.01);the results of binary logistic regression analysis showed that cognition of development measures and cognition of development measures in their own university were the main influencing factors of management staffs' willingness tendency towards the integration of education in the Yangtze River Delta (P < 0.01 and P < 0.05).
ConclusionsThe willingness tendency of students towards the integration of higher medical education in the Yangtze River Delta needs to be further improved, and management staffs and teachers have a high willingness tendency towards the integration of higher medical education in the Yangtze River Delta.It should improve the top-level design, innovation awareness and interest coordination to further enhance the willingness tendency towards the integration of education in the Yangtze River Delta.