Abstract: Based on the large sample survey data in Guangdong province, the author analyzed the perceptual evaluation of medical social work by medical staff from medical institutions of different nature, type and level, and the related factors that affect the evaluation of medical social work, and provided theoretical reference for further strengthening medical social work. The questionnaire was self-designed and further amended by the experts, and then input into the "questionnaire star" enterprise version system to facilitate the sample survey. The data generated from the system was processed and calculated, combined with the theory and practice to discuss and analyze. A cording to the findings, only 38.2% of the surveyed units usually carried out medical social work services, and 54.5% of the sample population considered that medical social work service had modest effect, while 9.7% of the sample considered that medical social work service had poor or even no effect. 88.8% of the sample population said it was fairly necessary or necessary to set up a medical social work organization within the medical institution, and 52.2% of the sample population thought it better that the government purchased the service from social work group and provided it to institutions and patients free of charge. There were no significant differences in the evaluation of the medical social work services effect provided by different types of medical institutions, (p > 0.05). There were significant differences in the overall medical social work service frequency and service effect among different medical institutions, p < 0.05. It is obvious that medical staff generally has a low perceptual evaluation of medical social work, and such work is not going well. The quality of work needs to be improved. The necessity of such work is to be recognized. Government-led model is more preferred.

Key words: medical institutions, practitioners, medical service, social work, perceptual evaluation