IMR Press / CEOG / Volume 51 / Issue 3 / DOI: 10.31083/j.ceog5103065
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Investigation on the Different Needs of Practicing Doctors for Continuing Medical Education under the Three-Level Medical System in China
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1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Clinical Research Center for Obstetric & Gynecologic Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, 100730 Beijing, China
2 Department of International Medical Service, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, 100730 Beijing, China
3 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women and Children’s Hospital of Jinzhou, 121000 Jinzhou, Liaoning, China
4 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hunan Provincial Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, 410008 Changsha, Hunan, China
5 Department of Reproductive Medicine, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, 050000 Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
6 Department of Gynecology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, 266500 Qingdao, Shandong, China
7 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, 330006 Nanchang, Jiangxi, China
8 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Xinhui Maternity and Children’s Hospital, 529100 Nanning, Guangxi, China
9 Department of Gynecology, Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, 510000 Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
*Correspondence: saj@pumch.cn (Aijun Sun)
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 2024, 51(3), 65; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.ceog5103065
Submitted: 14 June 2023 | Revised: 24 September 2023 | Accepted: 21 November 2023 | Published: 8 March 2024
Copyright: © 2024 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Background: To explore the needs of obstetricians and gynecologists (OB-GYNs) for training methods and contents, under China’s three-level diagnosis and treatment system. Methods: Epidemiological investigation was adopted, and network questionnaires were distributed in the largest academic training platform of obstetrics and gynecology in China, from April 2020 to May 2020. The investigation contents mainly included training methods and contents of continuing medical education (CME), as well as the mastery of diseases by doctors from hospitals at different levels of training. Results: The questionnaire received a total of 16,400 cumulative page views. 4458 questionnaires were collected in total, and 3954 questionnaires were included in the research. Doctors from hospitals at different levels chose the professional direction of gynecological endocrine diseases as the subject requiring the most strengthening of training, with ratios of 80.47%, 81.60% and 82.10%, respectively. Abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) was the most desirable training content for doctors from primary, secondary, and other hospitals, while training of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) was mostly needed by doctors from tertiary hospitals. According to the investigation, network education was the major training form favored by doctors, as well as a preferential way to acquire professional resources. The number of doctors selecting site meeting report only took up 4.70%. Based on the single-factor chi-square (χ2) analysis of the degree of mastery of 19 diseases, significant statistical differences were found among doctors from hospitals at each level, except for birth control (p < 0.001). After related factors were corrected, the multivariate regression analysis indicated that the degree of mastery of diseases was positively correlated to hospital levels. Conclusions: Doctors from hospitals at each level failed to effectively master gynecological endocrine diseases, and AUB, menopausal syndrome, and PCOS were confirmed as diseases for which the doctors had the greatest need of continuing education.

Keywords
continuing medical education (CME)
three-level diagnosis and treatment system
internet training
professional development
Funding
2020-2-40113/Capital’s Funds for Health Improvement and Research
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