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Objective To survey the employment intention of medical students in different universities in China.Methods A total of 1354 fourth-year or above medical students from 6 medical universities in China were selected for survey by random cluster sampling.A self-designed questionnaire was used to investigate the basic information of students and their employment intention.Results Overall 46.5％ (620/1333) of all students choose cities in economically-developed region as their desired working sites.45.5 ％ (363/797) of students studying in 4 Shanghai medical universities and 34.5％ (185/536) in other 2 non-Shanghai universities would first choose their original cities as working sites,respectively.81.3％ (1078/1326) of students preferred working in large public hospital,especially for those studying for higher degrees (88.0％,581/660).51％ of undergraduates expected 4000 RMB as monthly pay for graduation.Male students (54.6％,332/608) expected more income than female (47.9％,335/700),graduates (57.9％,377/651) expected higher payment than undergraduates (44.1％,290/657).Conclusion The survey shows that medical students in China mainly prefer cities and large public hospitals as working sites for their career development.
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Objective To study the changes in needs of standard training for general practice during the period of 2000 to 2006.Methods Sixty-two trainees participated in a municipal training program for general practitioners(GPs)in Zhongshan Hospital,Shanghai were interviewed by questionnaire to understand their recognition of general practice and needs in training for general practice,and compared to other 53 trainees who entered an another training program in 2000.Results Nineteen of 53 trainees(36percent)trained in 2000 could understand all the six aspects of general practice,including medical and health care,preventive care,rehabilitative care,health education and family planning techniques service,51(94 percent)were willing to accept such training,and 30(57 percent)did not satisfy with current conditions in community health care service.As compared,their recognition for general practice,acceptance of training,and satisfaction with their working condition improved obviously in trainees trained in 2006,with proportions of 100 percent,100 percent and 98 percent,respectively.But,main reason for dissatisfaction with community health care service could still attribute to less attention paid to general practice by relevant leadership.Conclusions Nowadays.the needs in general practice training by health care workers in communities increased greatly,but which still should be supported by governmental policies.