Current status and demand of continous general practice education in Shanghai

Objective To investigate current status and demand of continous general practice (GP) education in Shanghai. Methods Two hundred and twenty general practitioners from 10 community health service centers of Shanghai underwent a questionnaire survey.Chi-square test was used for data analysis. Results The effective response rate was 96.57% (212/220). About 87 percent of the participants considered continous GP education was helpful.Nearly 55 percent of the participants were satisfied with current continous GP education.Unsatisfaction with continuing GP education, wish to reparticipate continous GP education, expected method and content of training were partly related to professional title and age.Ninety-seven percent of the participants thought the assessment of continuous GP education should include clinical practical capability evaluation. Conclusion The present continous GP education in Shanghai is not matched with GP's demand.Continous GP education should meet different needs of general practioners in different ways. Key words: Education continuing; Data collection; Demand