Understanding the learning experience of Chinese nursing students in an English-medium instructional program: growth and challenges.

IF 3.2 2区医学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

BMC Medical Education Pub Date : 2025-10-09 DOI:10.1186/s12909-025-07966-2

Qianyu Liang, Jiaqi Zheng, Weichen Zhang, Qingxian Liu, Xiaodan Lin, Miaolan Guo, Jing Su

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Abstract

Background: English has served as the predominant language for academic communication on a worldwide scale. There is a growing demand for nursing professionals that possess international competency. However, the experience of utilizing English as a medium of instruction (EMI) for teaching nursing academic courses in mainland China is inadequate.

Purpose: In depth explore the Chinese nursing students' learning experience under EMI teaching mode.

Methods: Thirty-two undergraduate students from Nursing EMI program were selected using convenience sampling to participate in Focus Group Discussion (FGD).

Results: Three major themes have been extracted: advantages of English Medium Instruction, challenges encountered during the process of EMI learning, students' suggestions on Nursing EMI program. These three major themes encompass fifteen sub-themes.

Conclusion: The Nursing EMI program has improved students' comprehensive professionalism and international competency, however, coping with using English as the medium of instruction in China's Nursing education remains in exploratory stage, and requires further educational reform.

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了解中国护理专业学生在英语教学项目中的学习经历：成长与挑战。

背景：英语已经成为世界范围内学术交流的主要语言。对具有国际竞争力的护理专业人员的需求不断增长。然而，在中国大陆使用英语作为教学媒介（EMI）进行护理学术课程教学的经验不足。目的：深入探讨EMI教学模式下中国护生的学习体验。方法：采用方便抽样的方法，选取32名护理EMI专业本科生参加焦点小组讨论（FGD）。结果：提取了三个主要主题：英语媒介教学的优势、EMI学习过程中遇到的挑战、学生对护理EMI课程的建议。这三大主题包含十五个次级主题。结论：护理EMI项目提高了学生的综合专业素养和国际能力，但应对以英语为教学语言的中国护理教育仍处于探索阶段，需要进一步的教育改革。

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BMC Medical Education EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES-

CiteScore

4.90

自引率

11.10%

发文量

795

审稿时长

6 months

期刊介绍： BMC Medical Education is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in relation to the training of healthcare professionals, including undergraduate, postgraduate, and continuing education. The journal has a special focus on curriculum development, evaluations of performance, assessment of training needs and evidence-based medicine.