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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Current Situation and Demand for Continuing Medical Education (CME) for Obstetricians and Gynecologists

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Pages 2311-2319 | Received 15 Jul 2022, Accepted 23 Sep 2022, Published online: 12 Oct 2022
 

Abstract

Objective

To explore the needs of obstetricians and gynecologists with different working years for the contents and forms of CME.

Methods

The online questionnaire was distributed on the largest academic training platform for obstetrics and gynecology in China from April 2020 to May 2020. The survey contents mainly included the training forms and training contents of CME, as well as the mastery of diseases by doctors with different working years.

Results

4458 questionnaires were returned, of which 3954 questionnaires were included in the study. There was a significant (p < 0.001) positive correlation between the mastery of 19 diseases by obstetricians and gynecologists with different working years. After adjusting for specialist departments, hospital grades, nature of units and ages, it was found that there was no statistically significant difference between the groups in gynecological endocrine-related diseases, such as precocious puberty/delayed puberty, and there was also no statistically significant difference between the groups of shorter working years in infertility, menopausal syndrome, hyperprolactinemia and premature ovarian failure.

Conclusion

The most popular training content for obstetricians and gynecologists with different working years is common gynecological endocrine diseases, of which abnormal uterine bleeding, menopausal syndrome, polycystic ovarian syndrome and cervical lesions are the most selected diseases, and the most popular form of training is online.

Disclosure

The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by the Capital’s Funds for Health Improvement and Research (CFH:2020-2-40113).