Is a decentralized continuing medical education program feasible for Chinese rural health professionals?

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Rural health professionals in township health centers (THCs) tend to have less advanced educational degrees. This study aimed to ascertain the perceived feasibility of a decentralized continuing medical education (CME) program to upgrade their educational levels.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey of THC health professionals was conducted using a self-administered, structured questionnaire in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.

Results

The health professionals in the THCs were overwhelmingly young with low education levels. They had a strong desire to upgrade their educational degrees. The decentralized CME program was perceived as feasible by health workers with positive attitudes about the benefit for license examination, and by those who intended to impr

SUBMITTER: Hu G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4863136 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature