Performance of China's new medical licensing examination for rural general practice.
Xinxin HanXiaotong LiLiang ChengZhuoqing WuJiming ZhuPublished in: BMC medical education (2020)
Our study reveals a low pass rate of China's new MLE for rural general practice in Hainan province, indicating a relatively weak competency of graduates from China's alternative medical education. An effective long-term solution might be to improve examinees' clinical competency through mandating residency training for graduates of China's alternative medical education.