A questionnaire survey was conducted among general practice residents receiving standardized training in West China Hospital of Sichuan University in April 2019. The contents of the survey included the basic information of general practitioners, the status quo and needs of research training. Totally 177 questionnaires were collected and 164 were valid with an effective response rate of 92.6%. The survey showed that 52 trainees (31.7%) had participated in clinical research projects and 31 trainees (18.9%) had received research training; only 10 trainees (6.1%) had published papers as the first author. The survey also showed that most of the general practitioners thought that it was necessary to participate in research training, 126 trainees (76.8%) thought that it was necessary to study statistical analysis and medical literature retrieval, 122 trainees (74.4%) thought that it was necessary to study clinical research design, data collection and management, paper writing and publication, and medical English, 121 trainees (73.8%) thought that it was necessary to study journal selection and submission. There is no statistically significant difference in the training needs of different scientific research courses between general practitioners who completed residency training and those who did not complete the training (P>0.05). There was significant difference in the training needs of scientific research courses between senior and junior residents [84.9%(45/53)vs. 69.4%(77/111), χ²=4.55, P<0.05]. The survey indicates that currently the research ability of general practice residents is weak, and it can be improved by modifying the training curriculum, developing internet education, mentor-guiding research and implementing incentive mechanisms.

General practice; Standardized training; Residents; Research needs