Objective To learn about the attitudes and understanding of resident doctors with concerning Global Minimum Essential Requirements in Medical Education (GMER).
Methods Two hundred and five resident doctors of West China Hospital of Sichuan University were investigated by using questionnaires.
Results The majority of the resident doctors regarded 4 domains of GMER important, but they were lack of the recognition of the importance of “population health and health systems”, “communication skills”, and “management of information” domains.
Conclusions Medical curriculum should be revised to strengthen the recognition of the importance of all the 7 domains in medical education, including the postgraduate medical education, so as to cultivate doctors’ suitability for their responsibility in healthcare.
Citation: WANG Xingyue,YAN Zhengmin,SHU Mingrong,ZHANG Ju,WANG Xiaodong. A Survey of Resident Doctors: Attitudes towards the Global Minimum Essential Requirements in Medical Education. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2006, 06(12): 862-866. doi: Copy