Survey on Continuing Education Needs of Managements in Guangdong Provincal Hospital of Chinese Medicine

Objective To investigate the continuing education needs of managements in Guangdong provincal hospital of Chinese medicine in order to develop the practical basis for continuing education programs. Methods By the questionnaire survey,over 20 Chinese medicine hospital managements in Guangdong province were investigated and analyzed. Results 95.5% managers involved endorsed the continuing education and training,and of which they showed strong demand on basic knowledge and skills applications. The training methods were biased towards observing training,project training,degree training. The experts or professors and successful people with management experience as teachers were more popular. On incentive and restraint mechanismse,35.4% manager choosed to linke it with post qualification,24.1% tended to link it with titles evaluation. Conclusion The majority of managers agree on continuing education,while continuing education programs should be considered the different needs of various types of managements,and reasonable arranged course,teaching methods and teachers,a good incentive and restraint mechanisms will be vital to develop the continuing education effect. Above which they have been done,it should highly improve the overall management level of Chinese medicine hospital managements in Guangdong province.