The Essential of Hierarchy of E-Continuing Medical Education in China

The level gap among different hospitals which exists in China is leading to a situation that doctors in different level hospital share uneven continuing medical education (CME) environment cause the diagnosis divide of doctors. The number of patients seen and guidance from experts had a strong correlation with improvement of the doctors’ clinical ability. The implementation of CME needs to consider the two factors. After a primary survey, this study made a systematic and detailed analysis about the current CME situation in different level hospitals. Hospitals are classified into 3 levels. CME patterns via information technique corresponding to different levels were proposed. With this hierarchy continuing medical education, it’s hoped that the diagnosis level of doctors in different level hospital should be similar so that each individual can acquire high quality medical service.