Abstract: Under the background of poverty alleviation through medical education, it is worth discussing how to help grassroots doctors in poverty-stricken areas to improve their competence. This paper describes the poverty alleviation work of medical education carried out by Jinzhou Medical University in Bijie City, Guizhou Province. The competency training for grassroots doctors was designed and implemented, and 1 330 grassroots physicians participated the training from August 2018 to August 2020. The training effects were evaluated through the pass rate of the national medical practitioner qualification examination, theoretical knowledge assessment and the questionnaire survey. After training, the pass rate of the practitioner qualification examination increased to 50.6% (673/1 330). The theoretical knowledge assessment score was (78.55±14.05) after offline training, which was higher than that (40.95±17.01) before training. The theoretical knowledge assessment score was (79.93±20.98) after online training, higher than that (41.79±14.97) before training. There were all statistical differences (all P<0.05), while there was no statistical difference between offline and online post-training theoretical knowledge assessment scores (P>0.05). Among 1 330 physicians, 1 055 (83.4%) were satisfied with the training. The competency training of grassroots physicians can help improve the theoretical knowledge, which in turn improve their post competence. The effect of offline and online training is consistent.

Key words: Physicians, Poverty alleviation through medical education, Competency, Training