Current status and development perspectives of undergraduate talent cultivation of radiation medicine in China / 中华放射医学与防护杂志

ABSTRACT

Radiation medicine, one of the clinical medicine majors, is mainly engaged with the cultivation of special talents for radiotherapy, nuclear medicine, diagnosis and management of radiation occupational diseases, radiation protection, and medical emergency for nuclear accident. By 2022, there have been a total of 9 universities in China where undergraduate talents in radiation medicine are cultivated. Based on the demand for radiation medicine talents and the developmental trend in disciplines in China, this paper analyzes the deficiencies in the discipline status, discipline construction and teaching staff of radiation medicine. It also suggests the construction of a nation-wide organization for the radiation medicine talent training to improve the major status, the establishment of the new medicine development concept in consistency with the developmental trend of interdisciplinary integration, the building of high-quality educational resources of radiation medicine based on internet technology, and the improvement of grassroots teaching institutions, so as to adapt to the development of radiation medicine in the future.