Construction of a Hierarchical Progressive Continuing Medical Education Model for General Practitioners with the Cooperative Framework between County-level Government and Medical Institutions and a Tertiary General Hospital

Abstract

Continuing medication education for in-service general practitioners (GPs) is a key measure for strengthening the primary health care system, and the department of general medicine in a tertiary general hospital is an important institution undertaking the trainings for GPs. We introduced the development of a staged continuing medical education model for GPs initiated since 2020 by Deqing County Government with Health Bureau of Deqing County in collaboration with Department of General Practice, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine and medical educations in Deqing, with a detailed description of the three stages of development, namely the formation of medical and educational framework of Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital in cooperation with the Deqing County Government and medical institutions in Deqing, the construction of "Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital-Deqing" regional GPs education community, and the implementation of trainings for GPs in primary care by the education community using a strategy of "hierarchical and progressive teaching, and cyclic strengthening". The development of this model will offer a reference for the construction of a regional GP training model using the cooperative framework between county-level government and medical institutions and the department of general practice in a tertiary general hospital.

Keywords

• general practice|general practitioners|education, medicine, continuing|inservice training|intersectoral collaboration