Exploring the needs and possibilities of physicians' continuing professional development - An explorative qualitative study in a Chinese primary care context
| Autor: | Åsa Smedberg, Uno Fors, Egui Zhu |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Medical Doctors Health Care Providers Social Sciences lcsh:Medicine Pediatrics 0302 clinical medicine Learning and Memory Sociology Antibiotics Medicine and Health Sciences Psychology 030212 general & internal medicine Medical Personnel lcsh:Science Multidisciplinary Education Medical Antimicrobials 05 social sciences 050301 education Drugs Professions Continuing professional development Community health Lectures Female Research Article Adult China Attitude of Health Personnel education MEDLINE Context (language use) Primary care Microbiology Education 03 medical and health sciences Human Learning General Practitioners Physicians Microbial Control Learning Humans Primary Care Pharmacology Medical education Primary Health Care lcsh:R Cognitive Psychology Biology and Life Sciences Health Care Medical Education Health Care Reform People and Places Cognitive Science Augmented reality Population Groupings lcsh:Q Health care reform 0503 education Medical Humanities Qualitative research Neuroscience |
| Zdroj: | PLoS ONE, Vol 13, Iss 8, p e0202635 (2018) PLoS ONE |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
| Popis: | Background One component of the 2009 Chinese health care reform plan is to train general practitioners to improve the delivery of primary care services. This continuing professional development is expected to further improve the physicians’ competencies to be general practitioners in primary care. Augmented reality–a combination of virtual information and the real environment–may enhance general practitioners’ continuing professional development by allowing their learning experiences to overlap with their workplace practice. Objective To explore the needs, opportunities, and challenges involved in continuing professional development for Chinese physicians becoming competent general practitioners within primary care, with a special focus on the possibilities of applying augmented reality. Methods This study used a qualitative approach with semi-structured face-to-face interviews. Two managers and thirteen physicians (from four community health centers and stations) participated. The data were analyzed using a thematic inductive analysis approach. Results Based on our interviews, most of the physicians were not fully trained as general practitioners but still assumed the duties of that position; they were supposed to eventually become fully trained in line with the reforms of the Chinese primary care system. However, they reported a lack of in-service training opportunities to fulfill this goal. Even those who said that they had such opportunities perceived the efficacy of that training as being poor. The managers and most of the physicians reacted positively to the idea of using augmented reality in continuing professional development, and they suggested antibiotics treatment, surgery, and emergency care as learning areas in which augmented reality could be applied. Conclusions Due to the Chinese reforms of the primary care system, both managers and the physicians themselves expect general practitioners to become qualified by engaging in continuing professional development. Both groups also regarded augmented reality as a potentially useful tool. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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