R语言在医学生流行病学课程教学中的应用初探

Pilot Study on the Application of R Language in the Teaching of Epidemiology among Medical Students

摘要: 流行病学是医学领域中重要的方法学科。作为一门必修课程，流行病学可在医学生科研思维的培养过程中发挥重要作用。R语言是流行病学研究中的重要统计分析工具，目前已被广泛应用于医学领域的科学研究之中。基于中山大学公共卫生学院开设的流行病学课程，本研究以医学生为研究对象开展问卷调查，了解学生在流行病学课程教学中对R语言应用的态度和需求，以期为推动高校预防医学专业流行病学课程教学改革，构建高效的人才培养新模式，培养新时代高质量应用型医学人才提供参考。

Abstract: Epidemiology is an important methodological discipline in the field of medicine. As a compulsory course, epidemiology can play an important role in the training of medical students’ scientific research thinking. R language is an important statistical analysis tool in epidemiological research, and has been widely used in scientific research in the medical field. Based on the epidemiology course offered by the School of Public Health of Sun Yat-sen University, this study conducted a questionnaire survey on medical students to understand their attitudes and demands for the application of R language in epidemiology course teaching, with a view to promoting the reform of epidemiology course teaching for preventive medicine majors in universities, building a new model of efficient personnel training, and providing reference for training high-quality applied medical talents in the new era.