[Investigation and analysis of status in simulation education of anesthesiology of China].

Objective: To investigate the status of simulation education of anesthesiology in China.

Methods: Five hundreds questionnaires were mailed to chairmen of department of anesthesiology in teaching hospitals in 29 provinces and autonomous regions in China. The retrieved questionnaires and data were processed and analyzed with statistics.

Results: Sixty one questionnaires were retrieved, and retrieved rate is 12.2%. The result indicated that the theory and knowledge of anesthesiology was adopted for the training of medical students and residents in 2% teaching hospitals, theory and knowledge of anesthesiology combined with problem-based learning discussion in 52% teaching hospitals, theory and knowledge of anesthesiology combined with problem-based learning discussion and simulation training in 46% teaching hospitals. The order of simulation devices possessed was as follows: Basic Life Support (BLS) (79.6%), training model for clinical anesthesia techniques (53.1%) and Advances Life Support (ALS) (51.0%). There were only six teaching hospitals utilized Human Patient Simulator for anesthesia training. The result of evaluation of simulation education showed that 91.2% anesthesiologists recognized it as applicable, 90.1% anesthesiologists recognized it as medical ethic requirement and 86.0% anesthesiologists recognized it as partly close to clinical situation. The degree of cognition of anesthesiologists to simulation education was ordered as follows: manipulation correcting ability (92.6%), procedure controllability (87.0%), training adjustability (76.0%) and patients safety (68.5%).

Conclusion: The simulation education of anesthesiology in China is still in the preliminary period. The executive departments of education should enhance supports to the simulation education in both hard ware and in soft ware.