Construction of an Evaluation Index System for Consultation Competency of General Practitioners in Primary Health Care Settings Based on Leicester Assessment Package

Background Training general practitioners (GPs) and improving the practice competence of "GP-centered" primary health care personnel are important directions of the development of human resources for primary health care in China. At present, there is lack of an index system applicable to evaluate clinical competence of GPs in the circumstances of primary health care in China, which not only hampers accurate identification of gaps in clinical competence of GPs, but also impedes sustainable improvement of the education and training of GPs as well as primary health care personnel. Objective To develop an evaluation index system for consultation competency of GPs in the circumstances of primary health care in China based on the original version of Leicester Assessment Package (LAP), so as to provide an index model reference for the objective evaluation of consultation competency of GPs. Methods Between May to August in 2022, a total of 15 experts were invited by using the purposive sampling method to implement th