The status quo of continuing education and training needs amomg general practitioners in Pudong New Area of Shanghai / 中华全科医师杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To investigate the status quo of continuing education and training needs among general practitioners in Pudong New Area of Shanghai.Methods:An online questionnaire survey was conducted among general practitioners registered in the community health service center of Shanghai Pudong New Area in September 2019. The questionnaire included items of general information, the status quo of continuing education, the training needs and demands, and the knowledge and skills to be improved.Results:There were total 1 824 general practitioner in Pudong New Areal, 861 participated in the survey with a participant rate of 47.2%. A total of 861 valid questionnaires retrieved with a response rate of 100.0%. Among all participants, 79 (9.18%) thought that continuing education was very useful for improving or developing their professional ability, 564 (65.51%) thought it was useful, and 41 people (4.76%) thought it was almost useless. There were significant different in views on the roles of continuing education among participants with different ages, types of registration, and working years (χ2=15.544, 15.382, 21.979; P<0.05). There are 112 participants (13.01%) who spend less than 1 day in continuing education each month, and 224 (26.02%) who spent more than 3 days a month in continuing education, the times of attending continuing education was related to the taking administrative duty for general practitioners (χ2=9.551, P<0.05). When general practitioners choose continuing education programs, the first consideration was the practicability of the contents [772 (31.94%)], followed by the form of teaching [541 (22.38%)]. The three most recognized forms of continuing education courses were online learning (28.22%), training and off-line teaching (25.58%) and special lectures (24.69%) The three most required knowledge and skills to be improved through continuing education were the endocrine system, respiratory system, and blood circulation system. Conclusions:The survey shows the current status and traing needs of continuing education among general practitioners in Shanghai Pudong New Area, which indicates that it is necessary to take the job competence as the core and carry out various activities of continuing education for general practitioners in community health service centers.