Publications of general practice education in China mainland 1993-2012: a bibliographic review
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1671-7368.2015.10.007
- VernacularTitle:中国内地1993-2012年全科医学教育文献回顾分析
- Author:
Lifen CHEN
;
Chao CHEN
;
Shuang SHAO
;
Wenji WANG
;
Guanghui JIN
;
Yanli LIU
;
Xiaoqin LU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Education;
Bibliometric;
General practice
- From:
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners
2015;14(10):756-759
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To review the publication of general practice education in China mainland in 20 years from 1993 to 2012.Methods The research articles of general practice education published between January 1,1993 and December 31,2012 were searched from CNKI and Wanfang databases, and analyzed with bibliometric and literature management software NoteExpress 2, Epidata 3.1 and SPSS 13.0.Results Total 4 281 articles were retrieved and 241 education relevant articles were selected.29.9％ (72/241) of the 241 articles were on on-campus education, 67.6％ (163/241) were on continuing medical education and 4.5％ (11/241) were on post-graduation education.As to the published institutions, 58.5％ (141/241) were from the medical colleges and research institutions, 25.7％ (62/241 were from the tertiary hospitals, 3.7％ (9/241) were from primary care institutions, 1.7％ (4/241 were from the secondary hospitals and 5.8％ (14/241) were from the government departments.The general practice education grants increased from 1 in 2001 to 46 in 2012;20 of which were supported by provincial and ministerial level funds.Conclusion The contents of general medical education literature in China is mainly on on-campus education and continuing medical education;most of which were from the tertiary hospitals and the medical colleges and research institutions.The amount of research grants of general practice education were increasing year by year during 1993-2012, indicating that more attention had been paid to general practice education in mainland China in the last two decades.
