Solve the Plight of Rural Healthcare Talent from the Success of the Barefoot Doctor Period

Abstract

The Barefoot Doctors (BDs) have contributed tremendous strength to the protection and promotion of the health and well-being of vast farmers in China, and the country’s three-tiered medical and preventive healthcare network of counties, townships, and villages is widely acknowledged as a valuable experience in providing rural healthcare in developing nations. In the twenty-first century, China’s rural health care is facing new opportunities and challenges in terms of talent issues. In order to provide a new avenue for the survival and advancement of rural health care workers in the twenty-first century, this paper addresses the predicament of the current workforce and incorporates an interview with Ms. Song, a former barefoot doctor, to distill the successful experience and propose a solution to the current predicament.