Policy analysis on targeted admission medical education program in rural areas

VernacularTitle:我国农村订单定向医学生免费培养计划的政策分析
Author: Biyan WANG ; Qijun WU
Keywords: Rural areas; Targeted admission medical students; Policy analysis
From: Chinese Journal of Health Policy 2017;10(5):34-38
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: This paper analyzes the document contents of targeted admission medical students in 16 provinces of China in 2016.Through analyses of the characteristics of the program, this study found that, 1) the number of admissions is determined by the national level and issued to the provincial level, where rural students are the main source of students, undergraduate program is the main enrollment category, and clinical medicine and traditional Chinese medicine are the main majors of admission;2) the number of admissions and the actual demand of health professionals of primary health care institutions do not match, the incubation period is too long, there is a shortage of targeted training model, contract signing is difficult to implement, and other problems.Therefore, in accordance with the problems, this paper suggests that, 1) the government should increase the number of admissions to match with the demands;2) a three-year bachelor's degree should be set up in order to shorten the incubation period;3) the training model of targeted admission medical students should be changed;and 4) various powerful measures should be carried out to attract and keep excellent health care professionals.