General Practice

The Department of General Practice of Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital affiliated with Zhejiang University School of Medicine was established in 1999 and is one of the earliest departments of general practice established in a tertiary Grade A hospital in China, integrating clinical care, teaching, and research. It has a medical team continuously providing general-practice outpatient services, inpatient care, chronic disease management, and health management, with its professional development leading the country. In medical services, it has independently established a general-practice outpatient clinic, inpatient wards, and a health promotion center. It has established a new model of diagnosis and treatment featuring initial consultation in general practice, whole-course management, specialized treatment for specific diseases, and multidisciplinary collaboration. It carries out continuous and comprehensive general-practice clinical care oriented toward the general-practice specialty, providing individualized management throughout the entire course for common and chronic diseases. As one of the medical alliances for tiered diagnosis and treatment, it provides real-time consultations and two-way referrals, becoming a medical link connecting general hospitals and communities. In education, it has established a general-practice teaching and research section and implemented longitudinal training integrating medical-school education, standardized residency training, and continuing education. The Health Promotion Center of Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital was one of the earliest centers in Zhejiang Province to conduct health examinations. Drawing on the modern health-management model of the United States and relying on the hospital’s high-quality clinical resources, it has developed high-quality health-promotion services covering the whole person throughout the entire process. The General Practice and Health Promotion Center of Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital have developed in an integrated manner, with a strong team of general practitioners capable in medicine, education, and research, as well as a team of professionally trained health managers.

The construction of the general-practice discipline at Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital has achieved outstanding results and is distinguished. It is one of the first national key professional bases for standardized general-practice residency training, one of the national top ten training bases, a Future Health Talent Training Base, a key supporting discipline in Zhejiang Province, the General Practice Quality Control Center for standardized residency training in Zhejiang Province, the Zhejiang General Practice Technical Guidance Center, and the responsible institution for the general-practice degree program at Zhejiang University. In 2010, it cooperated with Genesys Medical Center of Michigan State University in the United States to establish a China–US cooperative clinical training base. In 2016, it became the only base in China to obtain educational accreditation from the Royal College of General Practitioners of the United Kingdom (RCGP). In 2019, it received the award for Advanced Unit in Health Science Popularization and Education Work (among the first batch nationwide). In the 2020 Fudan Ranking, it ranked second nationwide in both specialty reputation and overall specialty ranking for general practice.

Academic Status

Host institution of the General Practice Branch of the Zhejiang Medical Association

National Key Professional Base for Standardized General-Practice Residency Training (among the first batch nationwide)

Responsible institution for the General Practice Degree Program of Zhejiang University

Zhejiang Province General Practice Quality Control Center for Standardized Residency Training

Zhejiang General Practice Technical Guidance Center

Key Supporting Discipline of Zhejiang Province

Future Health Talent Training Base

National Top Ten Training Base (among the first batch nationwide)

Advanced Unit in Education, Science Popularization, and Education Work (among the first batch nationwide)

Research Achievements

More than 100 academic papers have been published, including more than 60 SCI papers. As chief editor or deputy chief editor, the department participated in publishing 9 national planning textbooks for the 12th and 13th Five-Year Plans through the People’s Medical Publishing House, and contributed to 11 other books. It received the First Prize for Teaching Achievements of Zhejiang Province, the Second Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress of Zhejiang Province, and one Second Prize and one Third Prize for Medical and Health Science and Technology Awards. Through collaboration among medicine, education, and research, it established a new internationalized training system for general-practice professionals, receiving high recognition from national administrative departments and academic peers. Twice, it was the only invited institution nationwide to introduce its standardized general-practice residency training model at the national level. Its innovative teaching model received awards including the First Prize for Teaching Achievements of Zhejiang University, the First Prize for Teaching Achievements of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Education, and the Second Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress of Zhejiang Province. In 2019, it received the award for Advanced Unit in Health Science Popularization and Education Work (among the first batch nationwide). In the 2020 Fudan Ranking, it ranked second nationwide in both specialty reputation and overall specialty ranking for general practice.