Sanofi (China) Investment Co., Ltd, Shanghai, China.
Bestudy Medical Technology Co., Ltd, Shanghai, China.
Curr Med Res Opin. 2021 Feb;37(2):261-267. doi: 10.1080/03007995.2020.1867523. Epub 2021 Jan 14.
The Chinese healthcare industry has immense potential for innovation and requires competent publication professionals for global reach. Changes in regulatory landscape of China necessitates pharmaceutical industries to collaborate with medical professionals who are capable of keeping up with both changes in regulations and innovative medicine.
We initiated an online questionnaire-based survey WeChat from August 3 to August 14, 2019 which focused on experience level, challenges, career development, and training requirements of survey participants.
A total of 53 medical publication professionals participated in this survey. Contrary to global trends, 77% of participants had <5 years of professional experience in publication, although only 36% of participants had <5 years of experience in healthcare industry. In all, 63% of respondents spent <50% of their time in publication-related activities, contributing to <10 manuscripts per year. Their expertise in manuscripts spanned clinical studies (68%), post-marketing studies (62%), and reviews (38%). Poor research design and data quality, limited medical writing skill, and inefficient communication with authors were major challenges for developing high-quality publications. Awareness of good publication practices guidelines was high (49%) and 15% of respondents were Certified Medical Publication Professionals. Strategic publication planning (72%), industry trends (66%), and best practices (55%) were some of training requirements identified to increase competencies among respondents.
Although the Chinese medical publication professional industry is at a nascent stage, an attempt is being made to provide opportunities for its publication professionals to develop their competencies to match global standards.
中国医疗行业具有巨大的创新潜力，需要有能力的出版专业人员来实现全球覆盖。中国监管环境的变化要求制药行业与能够跟上法规和创新药物变化的医学专业人员合作。
我们于 2019 年 8 月 3 日至 8 月 14 日通过微信发起了一项在线问卷调查，重点关注调查参与者的经验水平、挑战、职业发展和培训需求。
共有 53 名医学出版专业人员参与了这项调查。与全球趋势相反，77%的参与者在出版方面的专业经验不足 5 年，尽管只有 36%的参与者在医疗保健行业的经验不足 5 年。总的来说，63%的受访者将<50%的时间用于与出版相关的活动，每年贡献的稿件<10 篇。他们在稿件方面的专长涵盖临床研究（68%）、上市后研究（62%）和评论（38%）。开发高质量出版物的主要挑战是研究设计和数据质量差、医学写作技能有限以及与作者的沟通效率低下。对良好出版实践指南的认识较高（49%），15%的受访者为认证医学出版专业人员。战略出版规划（72%）、行业趋势（66%）和最佳实践（55%）是确定的一些提高受访者能力的培训需求。
尽管中国医学出版专业人员行业仍处于起步阶段，但正在努力为其出版专业人员提供机会，以提高其能力，使其达到全球标准。
