General Practice

I. Overview of the Department

The Department of General Practice of Qilu Hospital of Shandong University was established in 2006. In 2007, it successfully passed the strict assessment of the Ministry of Health and became one of the first standardized training bases for general practitioners established by the former Ministry of Health. In 2009, Shandong University was approved to enroll master's students independently in general practice, and in 2012, it was approved as an institution for enrolling master's and doctoral students in general practice. In 2013, the Department of General Practice of Shandong University and the General Practice Teaching and Research Office of Qilu Hospital were established. In 2015, the department was affiliated with the Department of Geriatric Medicine; two teaching units, General Practice I and General Practice II, were established, and a general practice clinic and community practice bases were set up. In 2015, it was awarded designation as one of the first 24 national demonstration bases for standardized residency training; in 2017, it was named one of the Top Ten National General Practice Training Bases. In July 2018, an independent new inpatient ward for general practice was added. At present, the main units of the Department of General Practice of Qilu Hospital of Shandong University include the inpatient ward, outpatient clinic, and community practice bases. As the institution serving as vice president of the General Practitioners Branch of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association, and as chairing institution of the General Practice Branch of the Provincial Medical Association and the General Practitioners Branch of the Provincial Medical Doctor Association, the Department of General Practice of Qilu Hospital has consistently been a leading institution for general practice in our province.

II. Scope of Diagnosis and Treatment and Featured Medical Technologies

As a clinical secondary discipline, general practice is a comprehensive medical specialty that integrates relevant content from clinical medicine, preventive medicine, rehabilitation medicine, and the humanities and social sciences. Its purpose is to be patient-centered, emphasizing overall coordination and comprehensive health care. It has unique professional characteristics and effectively makes up for the deficiencies of medical specialization. After more than ten years of development and construction, the Department of General Practice of Qilu Hospital now has an independent team of general practitioners, including 2 chief physicians, 3 associate chief physicians, 7 attending physicians, and 5 resident physicians. The main conditions treated include patients whose health problems or diseases cannot be assigned to a specific specialty; the continuous diagnosis, treatment, and comprehensive management of common and frequently occurring chronic diseases and patients with multimorbidity; and preventive medical and health-care services. At the same time, adhering to the departmental orientation of “general medical care as the foundation and general practice teaching as the focus,” the department implements the State Council’s requirement to “accelerate the training of a large number of qualified general practitioners” and conducts the education and training of general practitioners in accordance with general practice thinking, thereby improving the hierarchical diagnosis and treatment system and safeguarding and enhancing the health of the people.

General Practice Department inpatient ward: East Zone, F16, South Area, Jizhong Building

General Practice Clinic location: Rooms 1-2 and 1-3, Area B, 3rd Floor, Huamei Building.

Clinic hours: Specialist clinic (Monday-Friday), renowned specialist clinic (Monday-Wednesday), general clinic (Monday-Saturday), teaching clinic.