Professionalism of clinicians at public hospitals in China / 中华医院管理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the present professionalism of clinicians at public hospitals in China and its relationship with practicing environment and hospital management system. Methods From April 2015 to March 2016, 659 clinicians of 11 public hospitals, from Guandong, Hubei and Guangxi provinces, were recruited into the study based on multi-stage sampling. The questionnaire included professional attitude(20 items)and professional behavior(10 items).Descriptive statistics and spearman rank correlation analysis were applied for analysis.Results For professional attitude, 15 items were agreed by over 80% of respondents.All the positive professional behaviours were agreed by over 80% of respondents and all the negative professional behaviours were denied by less than 30% of respondents. Professional attitude was positively correlated with professional behaviour(r=0.157, P<0.01), practicing environment (r= 0.269, P < 0.01 ) and management system ( r = 0.199, P < 0.01). Professional behaviour was uncorrelated with practicing environment or management system ( P >0.05 ). Conclusions Clinicians at public hospitals in China present positive professional attitude which is correlated with professional behaviour, but they are not in high accordance with each other. Clinicians have low satisfaction with the practicing environment and management system, which are important factors influencing professional attitude of clinicians.