Evaluation of the effect of teacher training for students combining postgraduate education of specialized master degree of the general practitioners with resident standardization training

Objective To investigate the situations of teachers' qualifications for students combining postgraduate education of specialized master degree of the general practitioners with resident standardization training,and evaluate the effect of teacher training on demand in the general practitioners community practicing training base. Methods From October 2014 to September 2015, a self-made questionnaire was investigated in teachers (n=32) that in the general medicine department of the Ninth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University Medical College and teachers (n=32) belongs to a community teaching base to get the overall situation in these two group of teachers. The clinical skills training and teaching training were carried out in these teachers respectively. The training effects were evaluated by the teachers themselves and the combining postgraduate students of the resident standardization training base. Results ①The teachers of clinical teaching base were all special doctors, and the proportion of the general medical teacher training certificate was significantly lower than that of the community teaching base (50.00% vs. 87.50%, P<0.01); while the educational ground and professional titles of the teachers in community base was significantly lower than those in clinical base.②Teachers in clinical base mostly wanted to strengthen the general theory of learning; while the community base teachers needed more skills training and teaching methods of training.③After skills and teaching training, the teachers in community base were great improved in clinical skills and teaching abilities (57.75±7.99 vs. 50.50±9.19, P<0.05 and 88.40±3.47 vs. 83.20±3.93, P<0.05, respectively),as well as the teaching methods and general medical ideas (28.10±1.28 vs. 26.10±1.91, P<0.05 and 11.70±1.33 vs. 10.20±1.39,P<0.05, respectively). There was no significant difference in teaching attitude and teaching content before and after the training. Conclusion There was difference in the demand for the training between the teachers from the clinical bases and from the community teaching bases,thus the training should be provided on the demand.The training aims at the teachers from the community teaching bases can obviously their clinical skills and teaching ability.