Some suggestions on standardized training of resident doctors in a primary hospital / 中国中西医结合急救杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the issues related to the standardized training of resident doctors at the primary hospital and provide basis for the standardization of doctors' training. Methods Questionnaires were used to investigate the resident titles, ages, and education background in the Huanxian People's Hospital. The self-assessment of the competency of resident doctors and professional contents necessary for their improvement were analyzed to identify the medical topics should be recommended to improve their clinical knowledge and techniques. Results Forty-six of 52 registered residents in the Huanxian People's Hospital participated in the survey with a participation rate of 88.5%. In this hospital, mainly the title of physicians was resident, accounting for 43.3% (52/120), the ages were chiefly in the range of 31 - 35 years, and their education levels were college degree 42.3% (22/52) and bachelor degree 48.1% (25/52). 76.1% (35/46) of the residents found they had difficulties in working and not competent enough on the present post, and 71.7% (33/46) of residents considered that they were in urgent need to strengthen their trainings of clinical thinking and clinical skills. Conclusions Strengthening the residents' self academic qualifications, improving the hospital teaching system, enhancing the teaching management, and focusing on clinical thinking and clinical skills training are the main issues in the current standardized training in primary hospitals. By accelerating the standardized training of residents, they may have the chance to transform to be the middle-level physicians and improve the unreasonable structure of doctor title distribution that will play the key role in the development of primary hospitals.