Exploration on necessity of establishing global health undergraduate program in China
10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-1485.2013.07.001
- VernacularTitle:对开设全球健康学本科专业必要性的几点认识
- Author:
Hao XIANG
;
Qiqiang HE
;
Yongyi BI
;
Zongfu MAO
;
Quan WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Global health;
Undergraduate program;
Necessity
- From:
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research
2013;(7):649-651
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
With the rapid development and increased integration of Chinese economy with global economy, China assumes more responsibilities and obligations for global health, resulting in great poten-tial needs for professionals in global health. From the angle of global health talent need , this article deeply illuminated that the global health talent training was helpful to take advantage of international resources to solve the problem of health, serve China's peaceful development strategy, comply with development trend of public health, and remedy limitations of traditional medicine undergraduate. Training undergraduates in global health who are China-specific and global competent is the only way to meet the talent demand of China's future. Multi-level global health education will become an important part of medical education in future in China.
