Abstract:

Objective To establish a competency model for public health physicians that meets the needs of the Healthy China Strategy，provide a reference for cultivating high-level applied public health professionals. Methods The research analyzed the core competencies factors of public health physician using public health physicians as subjects. It is based upon literature study，questionnaire method and principal component analysis to construct a model of the competencies for public health physician. The questionnaires were collected from November 1，2022 to December 18，2022，and 506 valid questionnaires were obtained. Results There were six common factors of the model，including personal qualities，public health practice skills，public health knowledge，excellent skills，scientific research skills，media response and thinking ability. The KMO value was 0.955，the Bartlett sphericity test χ² value was 26 752.187，the degree of freedom was 1 326，the significance was P<0.05，and the cumulative contribution rate was 70.38%. Conclusion The competency model for public health physicians has a high degree of fit，which can provide new perspectives in the training and formation process of the public health physician team，and provide reference for the admission assessment of public health practitioners，recruitment of public health institutions，talent cultivation，personnel promotion and performance evaluation，salary design，and talent incentives.

Key words: Public health physician, Competency, Principal component analysis