Objectives To investigate the personnel allocation and workloads of the medical residents across the subspecialties of the Department of Internal Medicine at a tertiary hospital. Methods A cross-sectional survey was performed to investigate personnel allocation and workload. The resulting data were compared with the ministerial standard that regulates the training of medical residents. Results Aside from the subspecialty of Rheumatology, medical residents accounted for 40% to 70% of the total staff physicians. The faculty physicians accounted for only 20% to 50% of the total. When the non-faculty residents were not taken into account, each individual faculty physician took charge of between 5.3 to 15.5 beds across all the subspecialties. When only the non-faculty residents were accounted for, each individual resident took charge of 1.7 to 9.4 beds, 1.3 to 5.7 bed-days per day, and 5.8 to 17.3 patients per month. When both were accounted for, each physician was responsible for 1.3 to 5.9 beds, 1 to 3.6 bed-days per day, and 4.2 to 10.7 patients per month. In comparison with the ministerial standards, medical residents have managed more patients per month in the subspecialties of Nephrology, Respiratory Diseases, Digestive Diseases, Neurology and Infection.Fewer patients were managed in the subspecialty of Endocrinology. Conclusion The medical resident allocation is balanced across the subspecialties of the Department of Internal Medicine, although it is less stable. The total number of physicians is smaller than required, and physicians generally bear an overload of work. The number of patients managed by each individual resident is more than the requirement set by the ministerial standards, and has significant variations across subspecialties. Medical residents need to be allocated in accordance with the corresponding workloads.
Standardized resident training is one of the important contents of reform of the medical and health system. Meanwhile, it is the key part of education for medical graduates, and serves as a bridge for the cultivation of high-level medical talents. This article analyzes the necessity of standardized resident training, current situation and the difficulties faced, puts forward feasible suggestions based on previous practices, and envisions the future of training work.
ObjectivesThis study aimed to analyze the evaluation data of 24 professional residency training bases of West China Hospital of Sichuan University(WCHSCU) so as to provide experience for construction of residency training base.MethodsBased on the evaluation criteria of standardized residency professional bases published by Chinese Medical Association in 2019, 24 professional bases of residency training in WCHSCU were evaluated in terms of base condition, teaching staff and process management.ResultsThe results showed that 41.67% of the 24 residency bases received a total score above 90 points, 16.67% were between 85 to 90 points, 20.83% were between 80 to 85 points, 8.33% were between 70 to 80 points, and 12.50% were between 60 to 70 points.ConclusionsThe residency training base construction of (WCHSCU) is satisfactory.
The Diabetic Foot and Peripheral Vascular Disease Study Group, Chinese Diabetes Society, released an expert advice Recommendations of Chinese Experts on the Standardized Diagnosis and Treatment of Diabetic Foot During Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic, and the International Diabetic Foot Care Group and D-Foot International released a document Fast-track Pathway for Diabetic Foot Ulceration During COVID-19 Crisis: A Document from International Diabetic Foot Care Group and D-Foot International during the 2020 outbreak, respectively. Both have the same goals, but the implementation focuses are different. The aim of this article is to give an interpretation of both expert advices in terms of the general principles, the epidemic prevention and control, the family, community and hospitalization management model of diabetic foot, the holistic principle of diabetic foot standardized management, and the telemedicine application in the late epidemic period.
ObjectiveTo standardize the techniques for laparoscopic radical rectal resection and discuss its application prospect. MethodsThe clinical data of 433 patients who underwent laparoscopic radical rectal resections from July 2003 to December 2010 in our hospital were reviewed retrospectively, and the different surgery procedures and the development prospect were explored. ResultsFive cases (1.2%) underwent handassistant laparoscopic procedures, 412 cases (95.2%) were done by laparoscopic-assisted operation, and the specimens were taken out with transanal pull-through technique in 16 cases (3.7%). In all of them, conversion to open procedures occurred in 11 patients (2.5%), and 290 (67.0%) patients were followed-up in 1 to 6 years, average in 2.7 years. Local recurrence occurred in 7 (2.4%) patients, while distant metastasis were diagnosed in 22 （7.6%） cases, and the overall mortality was 15.9% (46/290). There was no port-site metastasis occurred. ConclusionsFour-port laparoscopic rectal resection technique is also the clinical mainstream. Standardized laparoscopic procedure for rectal resections enhances the transformation of laparoscopic skills, and makes the operation predictable. Single incision procedure and natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery are future direction to explore.
Standardized residents training is a necessary way to cultivate qualified clinical physicians, and the teaching ability of their mentors will be a key factor affecting the quality of standardized residents training. In view of the problems existing in the current teachers training of standardized residents training, West China Hospital of Sichuan University has innovatively built a “coordination of six priorities” teachers training system to conduct hierarchical training for different types of mentors, in order to improve the quality and achieve homogenization of training. This article mainly elaborates on the problems in the current residents teachers training, the “coordination of six priorities” teachers training system of West China Hospital of Sichuan University, and the effect of the teachers training.
Objective To explore the mental health status and the relevant influencing factors of the resident standardized trainees, and to provide reference for the psychological intervention. Methods All the resident standardized trainees in a first class of the third grade hospital in Sichuan from July 2012 to August 2015 were investigated by the questionnaire including symptom checklist 90, demographic characteristics and work condition. Results The detection rate of psychological problem among resident standardized trainees was 24.7% which was higher than the general population. The analysis of logistic regression showed that the training grade, identity, work time and working achievement were the main factors related to psychological problems. Conclusions The psychological problems of resident standardized trainees were prominent because they are in a transformation stage from medical students to clinical doctors. The related department should pay more attention and take measures to improve the resident standardized trainees’ mental health.
ObjectiveTo discuss the influence of tutorial system in standardized emergency residency training. MethodWe reviewed the settings and management of tutorial system in the Emergency Department of West China Hospital since 2009, and summarized the achievements. ResultsThrough practice in these years, the clinical skills, teaching abilities and scientific research capability of standardized-training emergency residents were enhanced greatly. ConclusionsTutorial system facilitates standardized emergency residency training.
ObjectiveTo briefly describe the specific contents of the “four-dimensional integration” standardized training model for neurology residents and analyze the implementation effects.MethodsSince September 2019, the Standard Training Center for Residents in Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University trained residents under “four-dimensional integration” standardized training model, including primary knowledge teaching, basic skill training, clinical thinking training, and student group learning. The effect of the “four-dimensional integration” model was measured by comparing the midterm assessment results after four months of training of the resident trainees in Grade 2019 under the “four-dimensional integration” training mode (n=37) with those of the resident trainees in Grade 2018 under regular training mode (n=32). The midterm assessment was conducted through standardized and objective clinical examinations, including three evaluations (theory, skills, and clinical drills), and the pass rate of tests was evaluated through Fisher’s exact probability method for comparison between training groups.ResultsThere was no significant difference in the pass rate of theoretical assessment (100.0% vs. 96.9%, P=0.464) or the pass rate of Mini-Clinical Evaluation Exercise (100.0% vs. 90.6%, P=0.095) between the two groups. The pass rate of skill assessment in Grade 2019 was significantly higher than that of the students in Grade 2018 (94.6% vs. 71.9%, P=0.018).ConclusionThe “four-dimensional integration” standardized training model for neurology residents and it effect are worthy of recognition, which can provide a reference for medical teaching, especially for the standardized training of resident physicians.
The establishment of brain metabolic network is based on 18fluoro-deoxyglucose positron emission computed tomography (18F-FDG PET) analysis, which reflect the brain functional network connectivity in normal physiological state or disease state. It is now applied to basic and clinical brain functional network research. In this paper, we constructed a metabolic network for the cerebral cortex firstly according to 18F-FDG PET image data from patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE).Then, a statistical analysis to the network properties of patients with left or right TLE and controls was performed. It is shown that the connectivity of the brain metabolic network is weakened in patients with TLE, the topology of the network is changed and the transmission efficiency of the network is reduced, which means the brain metabolic network connectivity is extensively impaired in patients with TLE. It is confirmed that the brain metabolic network analysis based on 18F-FDG PET can provide a new perspective for the diagnose and therapy of epilepsy by utilizing PET images.