Subjects: Medicine, Pharmacy >> Clinical Medicine submitted time 2023-01-30 Cooperative journals: 《中国全科医学》
Abstract:
General Practitioners (GPs) play an important role in diabetes care at the primary level as the ‘gatekeepers’ of population health. The management of diabetes can slow its progression, reduce complications and improve patient outcomes, which requires effective communication and collaboration between patients and their doctors. Good communication skills in general practice can help to build long-term care relationships with people with diabetes and help them to develop effective self-management skills. This paper summarises the research team's design and development of diabetes communication skills training for GPs guided by a variety of theoretical frameworks, evidence-based findings from a systematic review, experiences and feelings of people with diabetes and GPs based on qualitative studies, and mixed methods research to find the prioritisation of training content in communication skills training. The aim of the paper is to provide solution ideas for high-quality diabetes management in primary care and to inform the design training programmes for GPs based on evidence and medical education frameworks.
Subjects: Medicine, Pharmacy >> Clinical Medicine submitted time 2022-08-17 Cooperative journals: 《中国全科医学》
Abstract: General practice research often pays attention not only to the physical health of patients, professional competence of doctors, and the quality of medical services, but also to the spiritual feelings of patients, motivation of doctors to practice, and the cooperation between doctors and patients. However, these are not resolved well only using quantitative research which is still dominated in the field of general practice. Mixed methods research which integrates qualitative and quantitative research, combining the advantages of both, can analyze specific problems more broadly and in depth, and increase the generalizability of research results, which is suitable for studying complex problems. However, the application of mixed methods research in general practice is still limited in China, and the standardization of its design and implementation needs to be improved. Therefore, this paper plans to introduce the key points in the design and implementation of mixed methods research from methodological lence, combining theory with practice, so as to provide reference for general practitioners who intend to carry out mixed methods research.