title: [Analysis of master degree thesis of otolaryngology head and neck surgery in Xinjiang].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To understand the basic situation and development of knowledge structure and ability of master degree of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery in Xinjiang region in order to provide reference to further improve the quality of postgraduate students.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fourty-six papers of Otolaryngology master degree thesis were reviewed at randomly in terms of types, subject selection ranges as well as statistical methods during 1998-2009 in Xinjiang region in order to analyze and explore its advantages and characteristics and suggest a solution for its disadvantages.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In 46 degree thesis, nine of them are scientific dissertations accounting for 19.57%, 37 are clinical professional degree thesis, accounting for 80.43%. Five are Experimental research papers, 30 are clinical research papers, 10 are clinical and experimental research papers, 1 of them is experimental epidemiology research paper; in this study, the kinds of diseases including every subject of ENT, various statistical methods are involved; references are 37.46 in average, 19.55 of them are foreign literatures references in nearly 5 years are 13.57; four ethnic groups are exist in postgraduate students with high teaching professional level of tutors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The clinical research should be focused in order to further research on ENT common diseases, the application of advanced research methods, the full application of the latest literature, tutors with high-level, training of students of various nationalities, basic research needs to be innovative and should be focus the subject characteristics, to avoid excessive duplication of research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang, Medical University, Urumqi 830054, China.
authors.forename: Qukuerhan
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Ayiheng
authors.forename: Alimu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Niliapaer
authors.forename: Yasheng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yalikun
mesh_terms: D004212:Academic Dissertations as Topic; D002681:China; D010036:Otolaryngology / Q000193:education*