ABSTRACT
Objective To know the ability of rural health doctors, find out the scope of job satis-faction and desire of training and extending for chosen extending rural health doctors. Methods Various factors were analyzed, which affect the appropriate health technology extension in rural areas based on the study in Liaoning province with the method of the questionnaire and the categorical data statistics. Results The quality of medical human resources in rural area was low. The main influencing factors for training were practicality of the training, rescannable time and whether increasing income. Meanwhile, The appropriate health technology extension was affected by the rationality, validity, safety of techniques, acceptance degrees of patients as well as the individual professional basis. Conclusion It was necessary to focus on continued medical education to improve the rural doctor's ability. Some tactics was also put forward to promote the technology extension effect. This study provided some suggestions which could be used as references for the government making decision.