title: [Investigation of current demands for professional continuing medical education in ophthalmic nurses].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the current demands for professional continuing medical education (CME) in ophthalmic nurses and their influential factors, and to provide evidence for properly setting the curriculum of professional CME for nurses.
  
  
  METHODS
  Qualitative and quantitative analysis was performed on 60 nurses in an ophthalmic hospital by questionnaire survey and group interview.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the nurses surveyed, 49 (81.7%) thought the training time of professional CME needs to be adjusted, 40 (66.7%) referred to the training pattern, and 53 (88.3%) the training contents. The demanded courses of training mainly included professional nursing knowledge, professional nursing skills, and ophthalmic knowledge. Most nurses considered the influential factors for training were unreasonable training time and lack of applicability of some courses.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  To improve the quality of professional CME for ophthalmic nurses, the training curriculum should be designed in consideration of ophthalmic characteristics, different work experiences of nurses, and different nursing positions, the training time should be arranged properly, and various training patterns should be adopted flexibly.
authors.affiliation: Injury Prevention Research Center, Medical College of Shantou University, Shantou Guangdong Province 515041, China.
authors.forename: Peng-ying
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Yue
authors.forename: Li-ping
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yun-zong
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Yao-gui
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Gong-hui
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ming-zhi
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009726:Nurses; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000193:education*; D055815:Young Adult