Objective:To explore the views of general practitioners (GPs) on developing special interests in the context of the county medical community.Methods:A survey was conducted using self-designed questionnaire from November and December 2019, among 49 general practice residents trained in the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine. Meanwhile, structured interviews were undertaken with 14 general practice residents.Results:Forty-nine valid questionnaires were collected with a response rate of 100.0%. All participants were from the county medical community units. The survey showed that 91.8% (45/49) of respondents were willing to develop special interests and 79.6% (39/45) chose one subject, and the top three subjects were endocrinology, gastroenterology and cardiology. The structured interviews demonstrated that most participants did not understand meaning of general practitioners with special interests (GPwSIs) clearly and were unable to distinguish GPwSIs from specialists; they were confused about the status, training mode, and assessment standards of GPwSIs. The interviews also showed that the demand for developing special interests for them was derived from the needs of patients for diagnosis and treatment, the target population of health care services, peer advice and personal interests.Conclusions:Most general practice residents are willing to develop special interests, and internal medicine is the first choice; however, their understanding of the GPwSIs is insufficient. The survey suggests that the position, training model, assessment and certification of GPwSI need to be further clarified.

Objective:To construct the core competence evaluation index system of general practice residents by the Delphi method.Methods:After the literature review of home and abroad and group discussion, the core competence evaluation index system of general practice residents in the outpatient environment was preliminarily developed. On this basis, the index system was determined through two rounds of expert consultation. Excel 2015 and SPSS 26.0 were used for data entry and statistical analysis.Results:The active coefficients of the two rounds of expert consultation were 95.0% (19/20) and 100.0% (19/19) respectively, and the degree of authority of the two rounds of expert consultation was 0.86. An index system consisting of 6 first-level indicators and 28 second-level indicators was determined. The 6 first-level indicators were medical services/patient care, medical knowledge, professionalism, systems-based practice, practice-based learning and improvement, interpersonal communication, and communication skills.Conclusion:This study has constructed a complete and highly reliable core competence evaluation index system of general practice residents based on the outpatient environment, which can provide reference for the cultivation of the outpatient reception ability of general practice residents in the future.