Postgraduate education in general practice is an essential part of cultivating high-quality general practitioners. However, the postgraduate education in general practice in China started relatively late and has revealed some problems in practice. How to effectively implement the national guidelines for accelerating the innovation and development of medical education is an important issue for graduate education in general practice in the new era.

Using graduate theses in general practice as a starting point, this study analyzes the current status and issues of graduate education in general practice, and provides reflections and suggestions.

A literature search was conducted in the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) database for theses related to "General Practice" published up to December 20, 2023. Descriptive analysis of the annual publication volume, as well as publication volume by region, province, and institution, was performed using SPSS 16.0. ArcGIS 10.8 was used to layer and display the number and regional distribution of theses on a map. CiteSpace 6.2.R4 software was employed to process the literature data, generating keyword cluster maps, keyword time series line charts, and keyword hotspot analysis. Prior to using CiteSpace 6.2.R4, a file containing bibliographic information for 1 834 theses was exported to NoteExpress software, then uniformly converted to Refworks-CiteSpace format for analysis of research directions, hot topics, and other aspects of the theses.

A total of 1 834 graduate theses in general practice were retrieved (1 829 master's theses and 5 doctoral theses) , involving 821 supervisors. The highest number of publications was from East China (614 theses, 33.40%) . Among provinces, Anhui had the most publications (228 theses, 12.43%) . The number of theses showed a rapid growth trend, entering an explosive growth phase in 2015 with a sustained upward trend, with an average year-on-year growth rate of 51.5% (P < 0.05) . Among the supervisors, 445 (54.20%) supervised only one cohort of graduate students, while 227 (27.65%) supervised three or more cohorts. In terms of research direction, aside from general practice, health education, and health management, the main research topics included hypertension, heart failure, coronary heart disease, diabetes, and stroke. A total of 439 theses (23.94%) explicitly involved studies on micro-mechanisms.

Graduate education in general practice has shown positive results under policy support, with the scale of graduate training growing rapidly. The training objectives are relatively clear, but the discipline's characteristics still need to be further refined. The supervisor team is continuously expanding, but further improvement of team development are needed. The scale of graduate student enrollment also needs to be expanded.

全科医学研究生教育是培养高质量全科医学人才的重要组成部分，我国全科医学研究生教育起步相对较晚，在教育实践中暴露出一些问题，如何有效推进、落实国家加快医学教育创新发展的指导意见是新时代全科医学研究生教育的重要课题。

以全科医学研究生学位论文作为切入点，分析全科医学研究生教育现状与问题，提出思考与建议。

在中国知网中以学科专业名称"全科医学"检索建库至2023-12-20发表的学位论文及相关文献。采用SPSS 16.0软件对年发文量和区域、省份、机构的发文量等进行描述性分析；利用ArcGIS 10.8软件将学位论文的数量和区域分布占比进行分层设色并显示在地图上；运用CiteSpace 6.2.R4软件梳理文献数据，制作关键词聚类图、关键词时间序列线图和关键词热点突现分析，应用CiteSpace 6.2.R4软件前，先导出包含1 834篇学位论文题录信息的文件至NoteExpress软件中，再统一以refworks-CiteSpace格式导出，对论文的研究方向、热点领域等进行分析。

共检索到全科医学研究生学位论文1 834篇（其中硕士论文1 829篇，博士论文5篇），涉及导师821位；区域发文数量以华东地区（614篇，33.40%）最多；各省份发文数量以安徽省（228篇，12.43%）最多；学位论文数量总体呈快速增长趋势，以2015年为转折点并呈持续增长趋势（P<0.05），平均环比增速51.5%；445位（54.20%）导师招收了1届研究生，227位（27.65%）导师招收了3届及以上研究生。学位论文研究方向除全科医学、健康教育、健康管理外，主要集中研究的病种是高血压、心力衰竭、冠心病、糖尿病、脑卒中等，439篇论文（23.94%）明确涉及微观机制研究。

全科医学研究生教育在政策支持下成效渐显，研究生培养规模呈快速增长趋势，培养定位相对明确，但学科特色仍需凝练；导师队伍不断壮大，但师资队伍建设尚需进一步完善；研究生招生规模仍需扩充。