Objective To investigate the current status of higher education of allied health professions (AHPs), professional human resource as well as the career development of allied health professionals, and to provide references for the planning of higher education of AHPs in China. Methods Literature was reviewed in relation to the current status of higher education of AHPs and professional human resource in China. A questionnaire survey was conducted to determine the career development conditions of allied health professionals. Results a) Currently, the higher education of AHPs in China was faced with such problems as a limited scale, a lower structural level, and an absent degree system. b) The number of allied health professionals was small with lower qualifications. Higher-end professionals were in shortage. C) The professionals saw multiples glass ceilings over career orientation, academic advancement, and professional entitlement. Conclusion Efforts should be made to expand the scale of higher education of AHPs, elevate degree structure, and to construct a professional education system with multiple layers and categories. The professional education should be combined with the career development for planning and collaboration to provide assurance for the career development of the professional in China.
In response to the public health emergency and other urgent needs, World Health Organization (WHO) developed the concept and methodology of rapid advice guidelines (RAGs) in 2006. Compared with the standard guideline, striving to minimize the risk of bias, the RAG shortens the time to 1-3 months from more than 2 years. This study introduces the background, definition, application condition and performing methods of RAGs, and uses an example to clarify it, thus to provide a reference for the guideline development of public health emergency and other urgent need in China.
China has accumulated abundant experience on how to deal with post-disaster mental problem in recent years. However, the relevant concepts about post-disaster mental health services, detailed contents and process of the services were still incomplete. In order to provide guidance for the implementation of post-disaster mental health services, optimize service process, and improve service experience, the development of management practice of post-disaster mental health service is warranted. The authors give some suggestions on developing the management practice.
National Center for Medical Service Administration of National Health and Family Planning Commission of China was established at the beginning of 2015. It is mainly in charge of developing and managing standards of medical technology and organizing their implementation, and giving technical guidance and consulting for evaluation of medical institutions. The foundation of the center fills in the blank of lacking central administrative department of the guideline development and evaluation. This paper introduces the definition and the function of clinical practice guideline, and analyzes the current situation, problems and challenges of domestic guidelines, and proposes some potential suggestions on improving the quality of Chinese guidelines from national level for promoting the standardization, scientification and transparency of clinical practice guidelines in China.
This paper introduces the development and changes of clinical practice guidelines based on the enlightenment of the Reporting Items for Practice Guidelines in Health Care (RIGHT), and provides policy recommendations.
To introduce the definition, applicable scenarios, methodology and examples of mixed methods systematic reviews, aiming to promote the application of mixed methods in China and to help clinical decision-makers to select appropriate qualitative results from systematic reviews to guide clinical practice.
The Rapid Advice Guidelines (RAGs), prepared in the form of evidence-based guidelines for responding to public health emergencies in a short period, are characterized by their capability to significantly reduce the time for the development of guidelines to the maximum extent while ensuring quality. Therefore, the RAGs are primarily used to guide and respond to public health emergencies. This article will introduce the definition, characteristics, current situation, applicable situation, development methods, advantages and limitations of the RAGs. Our study proposes several suggestions for RAGs developers and researchers to improve development of RAGs in China.
在临床干预试验中，运用随机分配是对照试验中控制偏倚和混杂的最佳工具。研究人员必须确保在试验报告中包含读者所需要的信息，以判断结果的有效性及其意义。事实上，完整的试验报告可让临床医生改进他们的临床实践，以反映当前最佳证据，并改善患者临床终点。制定 CONSORT 声明可协助研究人员、作者、审稿人及编辑了解临床试验报告中所需的必要信息。CONSORT 声明适用于任何干预措施，包括草药产品。当前草药干预措施的对照试验未充分报告 CONSORT 建议的信息条目。我们希望最近制定的 CONSORT 建议条目扩展版能更准确地报告草药干预措施随机对照试验，使其更加完整。我们编写的这份解释性文件除概述了每项建议的理由外，还提供了 CONSORT 条目和相关详细说明，并为每项建议提供了良好报告和经验证据的范例，以帮助作者能更好地运用它们。随着越来越多的证据积累和反馈意见的收集，这些有关草药产品临床试验报告的建议可随时进行修订。