First, the introduction of medical practitioners

Medical practitioners (English: medical practitioners) refer to those who have a medical license and are actually engaged in medical treatment, prevention and health care, excluding medical practitioners who are actually engaged in management.

Medical practitioners should have good professional ethics and medical practice level, carry forward the humanitarian spirit, and perform the sacred duties of preventing and treating diseases, saving lives and protecting people's health. The whole society should respect doctors. Doctors perform their duties according to law and are protected by law.

By the end of 2022, there were 4.4 million medical practitioners and assistant medical practitioners in China.

Second, the main categories

The categories of medical practitioners are clinical, traditional Chinese medicine, oral and public health.

Traditional Chinese medicine includes traditional Chinese medicine, ethnic medicine and combination of traditional Chinese and western medicine, among which ethnic medicine includes Mongolian medicine, Tibetan medicine, Uygur medicine, Dai medicine, Korean medicine and Zhuang medicine.

Examination introduction and certificate management

First, the introduction of the exam

The nature of the doctor qualification examination is the industry access examination, which is an examination to evaluate whether the applicant for doctor qualification has the necessary professional knowledge and skills to engage in medical work. The doctor qualification examination is divided into two parts: practical skill examination and comprehensive written medical examination.

The practical skills test adopts the method of multi-station test. There is a practical skills examination base in the examination area, and several test sites are set up according to the examination content. Candidates pass the test center in turn and accept the practical skills test. Each candidate must take the test at the test station of the same test base.

The comprehensive written examination of the doctor qualification examination was held in mid-September, and the specific time was subject to the announcement of the doctor qualification examination Committee of the Ministry of Health. The examination time for medical practitioners is 2 days, divided into 4 units; The examination time for practicing assistant doctors is 1 day, which is divided into two units, each of which is two and a half hours.

The comprehensive written examination all adopts multiple-choice form. There are five types of questions: A 1, A2, A3, A4, B 1. Assistant physicians appropriately reduce or not use A3 questions. The total number of questions in the doctor qualification examination is about 600, and the total number of questions in the assistant doctor qualification examination is 300.

Second, the certificate management

The validity period of medical practitioner qualification is: lifelong validity. Take the qualification of practicing doctors of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine as an example. When obtaining the qualification of practicing doctor of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine, he has the legal qualification of practicing doctor of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine, and his qualification is valid for life.

The qualification certificate for practicing doctors of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine shall be uniformly printed by the Ministry of Health. The Certificate of Medical Practitioner of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine is completely consistent with other types of certificates, and it is legal and valid anywhere in the country (except Taiwan Province, Hongkong and Macau).