An exploratory study on the mode and method of general education and training for general practice undergraduates: a narrative review

OBJECTIVE: To learn from the experience of foreign general practice education mode, and to exploratory study on the mode and method of general education and training for general practice undergraduates in China. BACKGROUND: The rise of general practice medicine addresses the lack of holistic attention to patients in specialist medicine. General practice education is an important means of training general practice skills, but the development of general practice education in China is not yet matured. METHODS: By using the method of comparative education, taking the United States, Australia, France and Britain as examples. This article makes a comparative analyzes the status of general practice education in foreign countries and discusses the development of undergraduate general practice education in China from four perspectives: national policy, teacher resources, curriculum system, and education training modes. CONCLUSIONS: The four countries attach great importance to general practice education, with mature training methods, registered practice and continuing education. It is hoped that this article can establish and improve the policy system for the development of general subject teachers and optimize the inclusive, assessment and evaluation system of general practice teachers. In addition, more attention should be paid to general practice scientific research to create a teaching team with high standards, high quality, and high scientific research literacy and to form standardized scientific teaching methods that promote the development of general medicine education and training through high-quality teaching experiences. In addition, more attention should be paid to general practice scientific research to create a teaching team with high standards, high quality, and high scientific research literacy and to form standardized scientific teaching methods that promote the development of general medicine education and training through high-quality teaching experiences.