International Medical General Practice Department

The Department of General Practice of the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University has now been developed into a modern general practice specialty integrating medical care, teaching, and research, with a certain degree of recognition in China. The department currently has 34 health professionals and technical personnel, including 15 doctors, 2 chief physicians, 1 deputy chief physician, and 12 attending physicians.

The department includes 2 wards (General Practice Ward 1 and Ward 2).

Areas of Expertise

The department routinely provides the following advantageous diagnostic and treatment services: ① Diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases (such as hypertension, coronary heart disease, cardiac insufficiency, arrhythmias, hyperlipidemia, etc.) and guidance on cardiopulmonary rehabilitation. ② Diagnosis and treatment of undifferentiated diseases (such as edema, fatigue, emaciation, chest tightness, palpitations, dizziness, etc.). ③ Sleep respiratory monitoring. ④ Management of patients with multiple coexisting diseases and chronic disease management: diabetes, thyroid dysfunction, stroke, pulmonary infections, etc.

Key areas of expertise and major development directions: diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases; cardiopulmonary function testing (CPET) and cardiopulmonary rehabilitation therapy; metabolic diseases and nutrition; sleep respiratory monitoring and sleep-improvement therapy, etc.

Department Honors

In 2017, the department became a key specialty designated by the Anhui Provincial Health Commission, and in 2020 it became a national key training base for resident physicians. In the 2022 China Hospital Rankings, it ranked 8th in East China. Several physicians have received recognition as outstanding clinical teaching instructors at the national, provincial, and university levels, as well as the hospital’s “Most Beautiful Physicians.” The department has won third prize multiple times in the national teaching skills competition for supervising physicians. In recent years, it has launched 9 new technologies and projects, published 7 SCI papers (JCI Q2 or above), applied for 7 utility model patents, and participated in the compilation and translation of works including General Practice, Introduction to General Practice, and Mota’s General Practice.