RESUMEN
Objective To investigate the employing units' evaluation of the importance of the pre-ventive medicine talents' competencies, Hainan province, in order to provide reference for the construction of competency model of Preventive Medicine and make suggestions for the cultivation of Preventive Medicine professionals in our province. Methods Random sampling methods were applied and a survey was conducted among 10 CDCs and Health Supervision Institutes with self-designed questionnaires through telephone interview, correspondence or field investigation. SPSS 20.0 software was used to analyze the data. Results Teamwork, responsibility, preventive medicine knowledge, ability to prevent and control the dis-eases, ability to accept new methods and new techniques were thought very important by 94.4％, 100％, 72.2％, 77.8％, 72.2％of the surveyed units, respectively. However, only 5.6％、5.6％、33.3％and 38.9％of the surveyed units, respectively, considered that the computer applications ability, English proficiency, research approval and innovation ability were very important. Conclusion Colleges should improve the work of cultivating preventive medicine specialists to meet the employing units' demands.