Questionnaire survey on accreditation standards for trainers of general practitioners in community health centers
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1671-7368.2015.07.009
- VernacularTitle:上海市全科医生规范化培训社区教学基地师资准入标准自评问卷调查
- Author:
Yao LIU
;
Xiangjie ZHANG
;
Jing ZHOU
;
Liyang ZHANG
;
Shanzhu ZHU
;
Juan SHOU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Teacher training;
Questionnaires;
General practitioner
- From:
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners
2015;14(7):521-526
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To study the application of accreditation standards for trainers of general practitioners (GPs) in community health centers.Methods The questionnaire was designed according to the accreditation standards for GP trainers in community health centers,which involved professional quality,clinical competence in primary care and teaching abilities.According to typical sampling,583 trainers from 56 community teaching bases in Shanghai were selected for the survey.Results Among 583 participants,the effective respondents were 505 with a response rate of 86.6％.The professional quality was highly recognized by the participants,and more than 80％ of trainers met the requirement.For the ability of primary care,81.4％ (411/505),79.8 ％ (403/505) and 69.5 ％ (351/505) of participants were well qualified with the abilities of management for hypertension,type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease,respectively,while only about 40％ had abilities of management for epilepsy,hypothyroidism and chronic mental diseases.75.4％ (381/505) participants fully mastered the principle of first aid skills and CPR,while only 24.8％ (125/505) had abilities of management for conjunctival foreign body and nasal foreign body,34.5％ (174/505) had the abilities of debridement and gastrolavage.For the index of teaching abilities,most trainers had insufficient teaching capacity and experience in the community.Only 48.5％ (245/505) and 40.2％ (203/505) of trainers were familiar with the teaching methods of cased-based learning and problem-based learning,respectively.Significant difference was found in the scores of teaching abilities among trainers from community health centers in different locations (P ＜ 0.05),such as using appropriate teaching methods (F =3.45,P =0.033),monthly assessment and feedback to students (F =5.14,P =0.006) and ensure at least 4 hours of teaching time every week(F =4.96,P =0.007).No significant differences were found in the scores of professional quality and clinical competences in primary care (P ＞ 0.5).Conclusion The trainers of general practitioners in community health centers meet the requirement of accreditation standards in the aspects of professional quality and clinical competences in primary care,while the teaching abilities remained to be improved and should be strengthened in the future.
