Sino-Singapore Health丨Observe the National Disease Control and Prevention System’s large-scale training: shortening the distance from the “game field” to the “battlefield”

　　China News Service, Beijing, March 30 (Reporter Li Chun) "This competition achieved the purpose of 'promoting practice through competition' and improved my flow control skills and theoretical level." After walking off the competition field, Shandong Province Disease Control and Prevention Han Yang, the chief physician of the center's business management department, told reporters that shortcomings must be made up for in future work and personal abilities should be further improved.

　　The two-day National Field Epidemiological Investigation Vocational Skills Competition finals concluded on the 29th in Beijing. 96 experts from 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) across the country and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps competed on the same field, and finally the top three individuals, the top three teams and other awards were determined. This is also the first national-level competition held by the National Administration of Disease Control and Prevention since its establishment.

　　Flow control capability is a key core capability of disease control agencies. It plays an irreplaceable role in the prevention and control of infectious diseases and the handling of public health emergencies. It is regarded as the "special skill" of the disease control system. From theoretical knowledge to practical operations, from scenario simulations to real cases, from individual combat to multi-person collaboration, this competition is not only a test of the national disease control system's flow control capabilities, but also a rare training.

　　"This competition comprehensively examines the professional skills of a field epidemiology professional." Speaking of the competition content, Jockey Club, head of the Epidemiology Office of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and director of the China Field Epidemiology Training Project Lai introduced that the assessment content of this competition is very comprehensive, covering many aspects such as relevant legal norms, professional knowledge and skills in the monitoring, investigation, analysis, evaluation, and disposal of infectious diseases and public health emergencies.

　　In the team competition held on the 29th, teams from eight provinces including Hubei Province, Shandong Province, Zhejiang Province, and Beijing City competed for nearly two hours. One of them was based on the SARS epidemic in 2003. The topic selection stumped all the contestants. Disease control experts immediately conducted on-site reviews to analyze how to judge the contagiousness of the disease during the incubation period.

　　"Before, we mostly saw individual cases to judge the incubation period. We rarely saw hundreds of cases like the test questions before, and we need to judge on the spot." Han Yang told reporters that the competition started Previously, the organizer distributed a training question bank to the centers for disease control and prevention in each province. In the team competition that day, although some types had appeared in the question bank, the content of each competition question was new.

　　The practical assessment questions are also one of the features of this competition. For the Jockey Club, setting questions based on real cases such as SARS and influenza A in the past two decades is close to actual combat and inspiring thinking, which embodies the purpose of "promoting training through competition". There are also various types of test questions to test the contestants’ knowledge mastery and practical application ability.

　　It is worth noting that in the practical assessment of on-site flow investigation skills on the afternoon of the 28th, the cases played by extras set up many artificial obstacles for the contestants, such as unwillingness to cooperate with the investigation, not telling the truth, and answers that could not focus on the main questions. wait. Han Yang also said that these are situations that are often encountered in actual work, and the content of the competition is very realistic.

　　"Promoting application through competition" is also the goal pursued by this competition. It can be seen that the national disease control system has enhanced its practical skills during military training and strives to shorten the distance from the "game field" to the "battlefield."

　　"Although we strive to set the competition content close to actual combat, there is still a certain gap between the competition and the real epidemic scene." Jockey Huilai bluntly said that it is very necessary to improve the conversion and adaptability from the "game field" to the "battlefield". Only Only in this way can scientific, timely and effective prevention and control suggestions be given in the event of an epidemic. To achieve this, professional training and practical exercises are required.

　　Han Yang also told reporters that participating in this flow skill competition has greatly improved his theory and skill level, and also discovered some shortcomings. In the future work, on the one hand, we must make up for our shortcomings and continue to improve our personal abilities; on the other hand, we must also share the results of the competition with colleagues across the province to help improve the level of disease control. (over)