• 1. Department of Neurology, Shanxi Provincial People’s Hospital, Taiyuan 030012, China;
  • 2. Department of Neurology, General Hospital of TISCO, Taiyuan 030012, China;
YANG Jianzhong, Email: 1595021181@qq.com
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Objective  To understand the status quo of medical staffs engaged in epilepsy and EEG in Shanxi Province, analyze the existing problems, and summarize the improvement and development direction of epilepsy and EEG in Shanxi Province. Methods  A questionnaire survey was conducted among medical staff of epilepsy and electroencephalogram specialty in public hospitals at or above county level in whole province and municipalities. Results  ① Generally speaking, there are 17 males and 473 females in this study, with an average age of 38.7 years, the youngest was 23 years-old and the oldest was 70 years-old; ② The regional distribution has a tendency of decrease from Taiyuan in Shanxi Province to the remote areas of southeast, northwest and northwest China, and the epilepsy treatment in some poverty-stricken areas have not even been carried out; ③ The shortest time of working is 3 months and the longest is more than 40 years. The proportion of junior collage students, undergraduates, masters and doctors is 24%, 50%, 25% and 1% respectivel. The professional titles of primary, medium-level, vice-senior and senior are 24%, 39%, 26% and 11% respectively. Conclusion  The number of medical workers engaged in EEG specialty in Shanxi Province is insufficient, the regional development is not balanced, and the number of junior and medium-level professional titles is large. We can formulate a mobile policy to encourage experienced medical personnel to communicate with weak areas, so as to improve the overall level of epilepsy and EEG professional development in Shanxi Province.

Citation: ZHANG WenJuan, YANG Jianzhong, WANG Guangwen. Research on the development of epilepsy and EEG personnel in Shanxi Province. Journal of Epilepsy, 2018, 4(6): 492-496. doi: 10.7507/2096-0247.20180079 Copy

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