Medical education reform in China:a supply-side view / 中华医学教育探索杂志

ABSTRACT

Nowadays, a tremendous mismatch and imbalance is emerging between the demand and the supply of the number, structure and distribution of medical specialists in China. A supply-side approach is used to analyze the problem of the supply-demand mismatch of medical specialists in China. The under-lying causes of the mismatch and imbalance are identified from the perspectives of economy, resources, government and universities, based on which the supply-side reform is performed via strengthening the role of government, intensifying the combination between the medicine and the education, clarifying the role of the university and following the law of medical education, to realize and improve the quality of the classified supply of medical specialists in order to match the growing needs in the new era.