RESEARCH ON MEDICAL STUDENTS' NEEDS FOR GENERAL PRACTICE EDUCATION

Objective To survey medical students' perception of general practice education and to explore the necessity of general practice education for medical students.Methods The students from the departments of clinical medicine and nursing in Shandong Medical College were randomly selected to survey the willingness to learn general practice courses and to become general practitioners with the self-made questionnaires,and the statistics were analyzed.Results The surveys showed that more than half of the students considered it necessary to receive general practice education in school,94.60% of the students from clinical major were in favor of getting general practice training,only 53.92% of the nursing students supported the program,56.44% of the clinical students would like to work in rural communities and only 41.18% of the nursing students would like to work in rural communities.Conclusion The majority of medical students think it necessary to receive general practice education,and more favorable policies should be implemented by government to attract more medical students to become general practitioners in future.