A Study on the Effect of Medical Students' Literature Reading Patterns on Cognitive Load and Academic Writing Ability

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Conditions studied: Accuracy in Understanding the Core Content of English Medical Literature

In brief

Compare the effects of three English medical literature reading modes (original text reading, bilingual comparison, full translation) on medical students' accuracy in literature comprehension, perceived cognitive load, mastery of professional terminology, and academic writing ability; assess whether reliance on artificial intelligence translation triggers a 'terminology shortage' phenomenon.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07460258

Run by

Zhongnan Hospital

People needed

160

Starts

2026-01-20

Expected to finish

2026-06-15

Last updated by the study team

2026-03-10

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Students currently enrolled in our school's clinical medicine or related programs. Voluntarily participate and sign the informed consent form.

You may not qualify if…

• Native English speakers or those with a background in translation. Previously, they have read the specific literature selected for this study.

Where it is running

• Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University — Wuhan, Hubei, China (enrolling)
• Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University — Wuhan, Hubei, China (enrolling)
• Zhongnan Hospital — Wuhan, Hubei, China

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