2014•Unpublished venueRequires access

Survey on continuing medical education needs for general practitioners in community

Qi Xu, Jie Gu, Kai-Jian Fan, Chunhong Tang, Pu Zhang, Wentao Zheng, Lu Yin

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One hundred and seventeen general practitioners from five community health service centers in Shanghai Pudong, Baoshan, Minhang, Jing'an and Luwan Districts were randomly selected for survey. The current situations, the intention and the related factors in GP continuing were surveyed by using self-designed questionnaire. The survey showed that the rate of continuing was 73.5%, which was lower than the requirements of the Ministry of Health. There were significant differences in motivation (for credit and promotion ), training needs ( doctor and patient communication or basic theory ), training mode ( on-line education or short term study ), and teaching methods ( classroom lecturing or PBL ) among GPs with different length of service (all P<0.05). The results indicate that to improve the quality of continuing medical for GPs in community it is necessary to strengthen supervision, broaden the training channels to meet the different needs of general practitioners. Key words: General practitioner; Education, continuing

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Key concepts: Christian ministry, Continuing education, Continuing medical education, Promotion (chess), Medical education, Service (business), Medicine, Quality (philosophy)