Grassroots doctors going online to learn from the best

Chinese internet companies are using abundant online academic resources, livestreaming platforms and virtual reality technology to make lifelong medical learning more accessible for grassroots doctors and health workers across the country.

"In the past, the hospital you worked at would define what kind of doctor you are," said Wu Haishan, head orthopedist at Shanghai Changzheng Hospital.

Because of the differences between hospitals, be it the equipment or the variety of cases doctors are exposed to, grassroots doctors - those who work in community, town or village-level clinics - usually have less access to ongoing professional education.