›› 2011, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (4): 488-.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-8115.2011.04.025

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Situation and intention analysis of continuing medical education in general practitioners of Shanghai

XIE Qing-wen1, CAO Xiao-hong2, TANG Hong-mei3   

  1. 1.School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200025, China； 2.Agency for Public Health Inspection, Shanghai 200031, China；3.Instutute of Social Medicine and Family Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
  • Online:2011-04-28 Published:2011-04-28
  • Supported by:

    Foundation of The Ministry of Education, DIA09022；Shanghai Education Scientific Research Project, B1002

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Abstract:

Objective To investigate the situation, influencing factors and intention of continuing medical education in general practitioners of Shanghai. Methods A total of 252 general practitioners from 15 community health service centers in Luwan District, Jing-an District, Zhabei District, Hongkou District, Qingpu District and Jinshan District of Shanghai were selected. Self-designed questionnaires were adopted to investigate the situation, influencing factors and intention of continuing medical education in general practitioners. Results Among all the general practitioners, 16.3% had never taken part in continuing medical education, and the main causes derived from subjective factors (46.3%) and lack of requirement from post (41.5%). The professional title, working years and general practice training experience of general practitioners were significantly related to the participation rate of continuing medical education (P<0.05). The percent of choosing “Clinical Medicine” as continuing medical education training curriculum was 47.2%, and those choosing “Behavior and Sociology” and “Medical Ethics” accounted for 13.1% and 7.1%, respectively. Conclusion Continuing medical education may help general practitioners to improve medical skills, and the intention of continuing medical education should be enhanced in general practitioners. The supervision and management mechanism of continuing medical education should be established, and flexible training form and targeted educational programs should be provided.

Key words: general practitioner, continuing medical education, situation, intention analysis