The Investigation and Analysis of the Status and Influencing Factors of the Continuing Medical Education in Yunnan Province

Objective To investigate and analyze the status and influencing factors of the continuing medical education,so as to provide evaluation basis for development of continuing medical education. Methods A total of159 trainees from the Continuing medical education management and resident doctor standardization training seminar in Yunnan province were enrolled in this study. Then a questionnaire survey was performed in them.Results The training content of continuing medical education is given priority to with the basic theory and skills,insufficient of medical humanities and management related knowledge. Distance education has become an important form of participating in continuing medical education for basic health technical personnel. There are statistically significant differences in continuing medical education contents and ways between medical units with different level(P 0.05). Limited time, high cost and inconvenient transportation are the main factors influencing health technical personnel to participate in continuing medical education. Conclusion The government should set up a multi-level system of continuing medical education, and enrich the content of continuing medical education, so as to provide comprehensive and multidisciplinary continuing medical education.