ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the general surgeon growth time, and to probe into the factors affecting the surgeon growth. Methods 72 surgeons who worked more than 15 years in the field of general surgery in 12 hospitals of Gansu Province were investigated, focusing on education, resident rotation train-ing, teachers' qualification, refresher training, the frequency of intra-hospital technical exchange, and scale of hospital employed. SPSS 18.0 statistical software was applied to analyze the data. t test was used in com-parison between groups, and multiple groups were compared by using single factor analysis of variance. Results The surgeon growth time was (9.84±1.51) years averagely. In the process of growing up, the growth time of the general surgeons who experienced hospital resident rotated training, refresher training, intra-hos-pital technical exchange was significantly shorter than that of no-related-experienced surgeons. The higher the education, the higher the quality of the teachers and the higher the level of medical institutions, the shorter the doctor's growth time. Conclusion In the same medical institutions, the resident rotated training, the teacher's qualification, higher hospital training, and the frequency of intra-hospital technical exchange have the positive function to the surgeon's general growth, so in making young doctor training plan we should consider the value of the above-mentioned factors.