Expeirment On Cognitive Psychology Of Pulse-taking Teaching Method-"Pulse Manifestation Elements Training"

Objective: The shortcomings of traditional pulse-taking teaching methods impededthe study,inheritance and objective research on pulse-taking. It is imperative to establish aset of effective pulse-taking learning methods. This paper investigated the shortcomings oftraditional teaching. EEG experiment was applied to study the cognitive process of pulseinformation which supplied evidence for hypothesis "episodic memory started in pulseexamination" and idea for the standardization research on pulse-taking teaching method.Methods1. The status of research: Questionnaire designed for three groups: clinicians, collegesenior, interns of TCM. After questionnaires were collected, the questions and answerswere coded and registered. The original investigation results were recorded into thedatabase and the closed questions of the questionnaire were analyzed statistically.2. Experiment on cognitive psychology of pulse-taking teaching method——"Pulsemanifestation elements training":A control group and an experimental group wereestablished to be trained by traditional pulse teaching methods and "pulse manifestationelements training". Pulse assessment scores were compared. EEG experiment was used tostudy the cognitive process of pulse information. Before and after training, mean powerspectrum of4frequency band in16lead was analyzed by t tests and chi-square teststatistically.Results1. Current Status:Through studying current status of the three groups, we found the shortcomings oftraditional teaching methods of pulse examination which influenced the study and improvement of pulse examination.2. Pulse assessment test and EEG experiment(1) Two sets of experiments of pulse assessment scores on the standardized patientThe pulse assessment scores of two groups have a significant difference (P=0.00).The score of the experimental group (7.00±1.31points) was significantly higher than thatof the control group (2.40±0.74points).(2) The experiment of16-channel EEG on the mean power spectrum of1,2,1,2in two conditionsThere is little change of the mean power spectrum of4frequency band in16lead intwo conditions of the control group. There are significant differences of the mean powerspectrum of4frequency band in16lead in two conditions of experimental group, in whichmean power spectrum of1and2bands decreased while that of1,2bandsincreased which concentrated in the frontal, temporal and occipital lobes.Conclusion1. Current Status:Through studying current status of the three groups, we found the shortcomings oftraditional teaching methods of pulse examination which need to be reformed and morepractice.2. Experiment on cognitive psychology of pulse-taking teaching method——"Pulsemanifestation elements training"Good effects could be achieved in pulse-taking teaching method——"Pulsemanifestation elements training" which could be applied as a standardized teaching methodin traditional Chinese diagnostics teaching.