A survey on the professional staff of medical education research units in China

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The professional human resources of medical education research units in China were not optimistic. The mission of the medical education research units was too narrow in China, especially the service mission.

Table 1.  Reasons of reduction in force of the medical education research units

Reasons	Number	Percentage
Leads’ less attention	15	62.5
Insufficient funds	13	54.2
Medical education research units being merged into administrative agencies	10	41.7
Fewer staffing	9	37.5
Shrinkage functions	8	33.3
Medical schools being merged into comprehensive universities	4	16.7

Table 2.  Distributions regarding the education composition of the 24 independent medical education research units

Percentage of Master's degree and above	Percentage of Bachelor's degree or less	Number of units	Percentage
100.0	0.0	4	16.7
≥75.0 and <100.0	>0.0 and ≤25.0	6	25.0
≥50.0 and <75.0	>25.0 and ≤50.0	6	25.0
≥25.0 and <50.0	>50.0 and ≤75.0	4	16.7
>0.0 and <25.0	>75.0 and <100.0	3	12.5
0.0	100.0	1	4.1

Table 3.  Distributions regarding the professional title composition of the 24 independent medical education research units

Percentage of senior-level title	Number of units	Percentage	Percentage of middle-level title	Number of units	Percentage	Percentage of junior-level title	Number of units	Percentage
0.0	0	0.0	0.0	5	20.9	0.0	12	50.0
>0.0 and ≤25.0	1	4.2	>0.0 and ≤25.0	8	33.3	>0.0 and ≤25.0	8	33.3
>25.0 and ≤50.0	9	37.5	>25.0 and ≤50.0	8	33.3	>25.0 and ≤50.0	4	16.7
>25.0 and ≤75.0	9	37.5	>25.0 and ≤75.0	3	12.5	>50.0 and ≤75.0	0	0.0
>75.0 and <100.0	2	8.3	>75.0 and <100.0	0	0.0	>75.0 and <100.0	0	0.0
100.0	3	12.5	100.0	0	0.0	100.0	0	0.0

Table 4.  Distributions regarding the professional background of the professional staff in the 24 independent medical education research units

Professional background	Number of units	Percentage
Medicine	24	100.0
Education	21	87.5
Management	9	37.5
Information technology	5	20.8
Mathematical statistics	5	20.8
Literature/history/philosophy	4	16.7
Psychology	4	16.7
Sociology	2	8.3
Economics	1	4.2

Table 5.  Distributions regarding the mission and activities of the 24 independent medical education research units

Mission and activities	Number of units	Percentage
Education research	21	87.5
Program evaluation	17	70.8
Sponsoring journals of medical education	14	58.3
Teaching	13	54.2
Teacher evaluation	11	45.8
Faculty development	10	41.7
Student evaluation	8	33.3
Service/technical support	4	16.7
Education management and policy formulation	3	12.5