Introduction and Implementation of Community-Oriented Medical Education
- VernacularTitle:社区定向型医学教育的认识与实践
- Author:
Minghua TU
;
Xiulong XIA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Community-oriented;
Medical education
- From:
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research
2003;0(03):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Community-oriented medical education is featured by an emphasis on primary health care and population care as well as community-based care. It emphasizes the major problems encountered in the rural areas. This article has described the basic principles and curricular features of community-oriented medical education. The implementation and practice of education reform towards community-oriented medical education at Jiujiang University Medical College has also been introduced. The college puts teaching contents reform first followed by teaching methods. Students' clinical skills and reasoning skills were strengthened in the reform. According to requirements of community-oriented medical education, educational programs and curriculum have been changed. The concept of general medicine has been introduced in the practice of the reformed program.
