Comparative analysis of eight year clinical medical professionals training —a case study of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University / 中华医学教育探索杂志

ABSTRACT

As one of the first pilot eight-year clinical medicine education institutions, Xiangya School of Medicine has already put it into practice for almost 12 years. After years exploring and reforming, its cultivating plan has already been built up. This paper will make a brief comparative analysis between 2004 version and 2012 version in cultivating objectives, model and characteristics, demonstrated the development and reform of its eight-year program education, shown its features such as strengthening the basic knowledge, emphasizing the clinical skills, cultivating the capabilities, and broadening the international perspectives, and attempt to contact the residency and research training, in order to provide the reference for the eight-year program education reform.