Current status and training requirement of rural doctors in Hebei Province
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1671-7368.2019.01.010
- VernacularTitle:河北省乡村医生工作现状及培训需求调查
- Author:
Jinjia ZHANG
1
;
Min ZHANG
;
Huifang ZHAO
;
Yali ZHANG
;
Yanjie SUN
;
Xiaoying XING
;
Rongying WANG
Author Information
1. 河北医科大学第二医院全科医疗科
- Keywords:
Physicians,primary care;
Rural health services;
Questionnaire
- From:
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners
2019;18(1):42-46
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To survey the current status and training requirement of rural doctors in Hebei province.Methods A questionnaire survey was conducted among1 200 rural doctors selected from 11 cities of Hebei province by stratified sampling from October to December 2017.The self-designed questionnaire included general condition,job satisfaction,impact of medical reform policies,training needs of rural doctors.Results A total of 1 200 questionnaires were distributed and 1 170 valid ones were retrieved with a recovery rate of 97.5％.Among the 1 170 responders,there were 726 males(62.1％) and 444 females (37.9％);748 (63.9％) were aged more than 40 years;612 (52.3％) hold secondary school degree;826 (70.6％) had been working in the village for more than 10 years,and the overall job satisfaction rate was 30.8％ (360/1 170).Among all responders,73.8％ (864/1 170) worked in the standardized village clinics,and 72.0％ (842/1 170) were contracted with local residents as family doctors;52.8％ (618/1 170) responders believed that the reform policy improved the health care for villagers.In all responders,98％ (1 147/1 170)thought they needed training,93.6％ (1 095/1 170) had received training.The training contents they most needed werethe management of common diseases (904,77.3％),followed by medical humanities(650,55.6％)and first aid knowledge (492,42.1％).The influencing factors for training were lack of time,no energy (656,54.3％),lack of appropriate training forms (510,43.6％),economic reasons (476,40.3％) and so on.Conclusion The working status of rural doctors need to befurther improvedand the training need to be strengthened to increase their job satisfaction.
