Once again, we call for the abolition of the continuing education credit system for medical staff to reduce the burden on medical staff! Please forward it to medical staff...
At this time of year, we will start applying for the next year's continuing medical education, and this year is no exception.
Niu Chunfeng, a cardiologist at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, posted a Weibo post about abolishing the credit system for continuing medical education, which aroused heated discussion in the medical community. The full text of Weibo is as follows:"Calls for the abolition of the continuing education credit system for medical staff, although the system itself has a good starting point and aims to promote our continued learning. But now it has obviously changed, and it has almost become a kind of business, adding an extra burden to the already busy medical staff, and at the same time making a fortune for dealers who resell continuing education credits."
The continuing medical education credit system has been scorned by many medical staff for many years. But no one has ever thought about whether its existence has kept pace with the times over the years. Many medical staff report that the practical significance of continuing education credits has been ignored and is just a business for "certain departments to accumulate wealth". Should the continuing education credit system be abolished or improved?
Continuing medical education exists in name only?
Dr. Niu expressed what many medical staff thought, so the Weibo post was forwarded 432 times with one call. Some netizens wondered if Dr. Niu did not have enough academic credits for continuing education and was anxious, so he complained on Weibo? However, the fact is that as the chief physician of the Department of Cardiology of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Dr. Niu has many channels to obtain follow-up teaching credits.
However, he witnessed that most of the medical staff in his hospital were struggling for credit, borrowing points from others, buying points online, and getting points from listening to them. Go to meetings that have nothing to do with improving your subject for credit.Under the circumstances of a heavy work load, I had to use the rare rest time to rush to attend the meeting, increasing the burden of work and life, and only then could I sigh on Weibo.
"Continuing medical education has changed a lot since more than 20 years ago." Dr. Niu said that in the 1990s, doctors would listen to these study meetings very carefully. At that time, there were not so many numerous handling fees and participation fees to pay. But after so many years, the credit system for follow-up education has quietly changed.
Dr. Wang Jin, director of the Department of Otolaryngology and chief physician of Chengdu Third People's Hospital, feels the same way:"As a hard indicator for promotion, credits must be earned 25 points. How can we find them?:1. When going out to study, there are few opportunities for non-director levels;2. When studying in this hospital, 0.5 points per time, women and children both inside and outside have to eat 40 times; I can't do it, so I have to buy it online, send it from the manufacturer, and use it for internal medicine and surgery. There are many kinds of sewage credits, such as sewage flowers, fabrication, etc., and the capable ones actually raise 100 points in one year. This is pure self-deception."
This kind of follow-education system is not fair. A doctor netizen "Wei Ge" said that every medical staff can have the opportunity to learn. It may seem fair, but it is actually unfair. Every time they go out to study or give lectures, many medical staff will not get their turn. The system not only requires every medical staff to have credits, but also cannot guarantee that every medical staff will receive credits. It seems a bit contradictory!
Regarding the proposed issue of selling credits online, I searched the Internet and found that there were many websites.The blatantly priced sale of follow-education credits is as convenient and fast as shopping on Taobao. Doctors can get credits as long as they pay. There are also disguised transactions. Medical staff can earn credits as long as they buy a certain medical journal.
Dr. Niu said that most doctors now earn credits by holding meetings that have nothing to do with the improvement of their own majors. Instead, they take the initiative to learn and there is no way to evaluate the knowledge gained by reading materials.
Either cancel or reform?
"Either cancel or reform". A doctor netizen called for the future of continuing medical education.
Is continuing medical education necessary as part of regular physician assessments? In this regard, Dr. Niu believes thatIt is necessary to assess doctors. After all, doctors do technical work. Without assessment, they will inevitably slack off. There are also many people who will not take the initiative to learn. Passing the assessment may force some people to take the initiative to learn.
But the problem is that continuing medical education has become"The gold is on the surface, but the corruption is on the inside." The improvement of the system cannot keep up with the pace of the times. There is no promotion and supplement of knowledge based on the needs of medical staff, nor is there any improvement in assessment methods and mechanisms based on the principle of serving medical staff.Instead, they were forced to pay for points and perfunctory. I haven't taken the initiative to change after so many years. Why?
Speech:There is nothing wrong with continuing medical education, and there is nothing wrong with the credit system. However, if continuing education is done as a business, its original intention will change. With such heavy clinical work, how to make medical staff learn actively and happily is something that continuing medical education practitioners should consider.
