“That isn’t the right way,” Li Yaling, head of the center’s science and education department, said with a sigh. Dr. Zhu Shanzhu, a teacher in the program, said one of the main problems was that doctors did too few physical examinations in the community clinics. In 2000, Dr. Zhu designed a course to train general practitioners in Shanghai’s Zhongshan Hospital, at the request of its director. Nearly two decades later, Dr. Zhu, 71, says that training is still insufficient and doctors do not spend enough time studying the latest research and techniques in their field. But Dr. Zhu isn’t optimistic.

Source: New York Times September 30, 2018 23:49 UTC