title: Adopting the American anesthesia oral examination in China: value and roadblocks.
abstract: The quality and standardized training and certification of young physicians is key to the quality of health care in the future. In contrast to the American system, there is no nationwide and standardized oral examination in the training and certification process for anesthesiologists in China. The adoptability of the American anesthesia oral examination in China, as well as potential roadblocks, has not been specifically discussed. In this commentary, we share our experience of introducing the American oral examination to an audience of Chinese anesthesiologists and propose a pragmatic approach for adopting the anesthesia oral examination in China. This initiative has the potential to reform the current anesthesia training and certification process and improve the quality of anesthetic care in China.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China. Electronic address: zhaojing1009@aliyun.com.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Shanghai, China; Department of Anesthesiology, Renji Hospital, Shanghai, China. Electronic address: ywf808@yeah.net.
authors.forename: Weifeng
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Electronic address: cyt970@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Chuanyao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Electronic address: zxie@hms.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Zhongcong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Thomas Jefferson University and Hospitals, Philadelphia, PA. Electronic address: jian-zhong.sun@jefferson.edu.
authors.forename: Jianzhong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX. Electronic address: Shao.Feng.Zhou@uth.tmc.edu.
authors.forename: Shao Feng
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of California Davis Health System, Sacramento, CA. Electronic address: hong.liu@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. Electronic address: lingzhong.meng@ucsf.edu.
authors.forename: Lingzhong
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Meng
mesh_terms: D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D002568:Certification; D002681:China; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States
keywords: ABA oral examination; Adoption in China; Anesthesia training and certification; Pragmatic approach; Roadblocks; Value