A survey of perceived training differences between ophthalmology residents in Hong Kong and China

• DOI: 10.1186/s12909-015-0440-0
• Publication Date: 2015-09-28T15:15:32Z
• Authors: Alvin L. Young; Vishal Jhanji; Yuanbo Liang; Nathan Congdon; Simon Chow; Fenghua Wang; Xiujuan Zhang; Xiaofei Man; Mingming Yang; Zhong Lin; Hunter GL Yuen; Dennis SC Lam
• Keywords: Quartile

To study the differences in ophthalmology resident training between China and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).Training programs were selected from among largest best-known teaching hospitals. Ophthalmology residents sent an anonymous 48-item questionnaire by mail. Work satisfaction, time allocation activities volume of surgery performed determined.50/75 (66.7 %) 20/26 (76.9 HKSAR completed survey. Age (28.9 ± 2.5 vs. 30.2 2.9 years, p = 0.15) number years (3.4 1.6 2.8 1.5, 0.19) comparable groups. The cataract procedures trainees (extra-capsular, median 80.0, quartile range: 30.0, 100.0; phacoemulsification, median: 20.0, 0.0, 100.0) exceeded that for Chinese (extra-capsular: 0, < 0.0001; phacoemulsification: 0.0001). spent more completing medical charts (>50 % on charts: 62.5 versus 5.3 %, 0.0001) received less supervision (≥90 supervised: 4.4 65 likely to feel underpaid (96.0 31.6 hoped their children would not practice medicine (69.4 5.0 compared residents.In this study, report strikingly surgical experience supervision, lower satisfaction than residents. model hands-on might be useful improving low rate China.