Objective To
survey on
training for
general practice backbone
mentors in
tertiary hospitals of Hebei province.
Methods A
questionnaire survey on
training status was conducted among
general practice backbone
mentors in
tertiary hospitals of Hebei Province.The
survey items included the basic information,
knowledge of
general practice and its
training,
suggestions for
mentors training and
general practice discipline
construction in
tertiary hospitals.Results Total 208
questionnaires were distributed and 208 were retrieved with a recovery rate of 100%.Among 208 participants,all of them were over the age of 30;202 (97.1%) had bachelor degree or above;202 (97.1%) were attending doctors or above;165 (79.3%) had worked for more than 10 years;169 (81.3%) had no or little
knowledge of
general practice;159 (76.4%)had not received
general practice training before;124 (59.6%)
thought that
general practitioners were not qualified as "gatekeeper" at present;and 192 (92.3%) worked in the
hospitals providing standardized
residency training.The
training contents in general section were prioritized as
clinical skills,
community health service development and
policy,rules for
general practice standardized
training,theoretical
training,the present situation and countermeasure of general
teaching,the doctor-
patient relationship and
medical ethics.The contents in
training method section were prioritized as
lecture series of
clinical medicine,case discussion,seminar,
distance education with classroom
teaching.The
suggestions for
mentors training includedthe exploration of standardized
training model,perfecting
continuing education system for
general practice mentors,more
attention to the
training at
community health service centers and the consummation of
general practice system.The
suggestions for
general practice discipline
construction were that more attentions should be paid by the
government and the
hospitals leaders,the
general practice departments in
tertiary hospitals should closely cooperate with
community health service centers in
training ofqualified
general practitioners.Conclusions The
specialists in
tertiary hospitals of Hebei province do not have enough
knowledge about
general practice and do not quite understand the necessity of establishment of
general practice department,so the
training for
general practice mentors should be strengthened and improved.Properly
policy and more social
resources from the
government and the
hospitals leaders
will be helpful for
construction of
general practice discipline in
general hospital.