Establishment of an Evaluation Index System of Competencies for College Senior Students in General Practice Medicine in Anhui Province, China

Abstract

Rui Zhao,1 Feng Liu,1 Kun Zhu2,3 1Department of General Practice Medicine, Bengbu Medical University, Bengbu, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical University, Bengbu, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Kun Zhu, Department of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical University, No. 287, Changhuai Road, Bengbu, Anhui, 233000, People’s Republic of China, Tel [phone], Email [email protected]: The competencies of college senior students in general practice medicine have attracted attention. This study aimed to construct an evaluation index system of competencies for college senior students in general practice medicine and to promote the reform and optimization of training programs for general medicine talent in colleges.Methods: The two-round Delphi method was used to determine the evaluation index system of competencies for college senior students in general practice medicine, and the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) was used to calculate the weights of all levels of elements.Results: The evaluation index system of competencies for college senior students in general practice medicine was established with 3 primary factors, 9 secondary factors and 32 tertiary factors. The Delphi results revealed that the active coefficient of experts was 1 and the authority coefficient was 0.858. The 3 primary factors were knowledge level, job skills and professionalism with weights of 0.1532, 0.4207 and 0.4261, respectively. Among the secondary factors, the top three weight coefficients were professional ethics (0.2614), community practice (0.1526) and communication skills (0.1308). Among tertiary factors, “scientific research” exhibited the lowest value with a weight coefficient of 0.0049.Conclusion: In this study, we constructed an evaluation index system of competencies for college senior students in general practice medicine. The consensus on the content of the competencies of college senior students in general practice medicine suggests that these elements are necessary for those who will become general practitioners. This system can be used as the basis to evaluate the ability of college senior students in general practice medicine and provide guidance for the cultivation and evaluation of general medicine talent.Keywords: evaluation index system, competencies, college senior students, general practice medicine

Keywords

• evaluation index system；competencies；college senior students；general practice medicine