ABSTRACT
Objective To survey the current situation and influencing factors of willingness to attend assistant general practitioner training among junior medical college students in Yunnan Province.Methods A questionnaire survey and interview on the willingness to attend the training of assistant general practitioner was conducted from May 2017 to June 2017 in Yunnan Province,1 800 students from 6 junior medical colleges were selected as participants by stratified cluster sampling method.Results A total of 1 800 questionnaires were distributed and 1 710 were collected,of which 1 634 were valid with a recovery rate of 95.00％ and an effective rate of 95.56％.The results showed that 43.21％ (706/1 634) participants were not aware of the relevant training policies,while there were significant differences among participants in the different grades and types of college (public or private) (Z=-0.899,8.658,-13.954;P＜0.05);83.17％ (1 379 / 1 634) participants were willing to sign up for an assistant general practitioner training after graduation,while there were significant differences among participants in different ethnic groups,grades,household register sites,types of college,and family income (P＜0.05).Total of 1 300 (79.56％) chose to work as a general practitioner in rural grassroots institutions after graduation,and 984 (60.22％) chose to become a specialist after graduation.Unconditional logistic regression analysis showed that the types of medical college,attitude towards the training policy,the intension to work in grassroots level or to work in private hospitals were influencing factors for willingness to attend the assistant general practitioner training among medical students(B=1.654,3.764,1.361,-0.569;P＜0.05).Conclusion The survey shows that the policy awareness and the willingness to attend assistant general practitioner training for student in junior medical college in Yunnan Province are not high,and the policy publicity and the career guidance need to be strengthened.