Characteristics and enlightenment of medical curriculum design in England

VernacularTitle:英国医学专业课程设置特点及其启示
Author: Jingyuan SU ; Deliang WEN
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: England; Medical colleges and universities; Curriculum
From: Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2014;(8):778-781
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: The medical curriculum which is designed reasonable, plays a decisive role in the training specifications and quality of medical talents. The medical education in England is always in the world first column, and its medical curriculum is distinctive. The courses are mostly offered by the form of integration. They pay more attention to the setup of selective courses, humanities and social sciences courses, and they also put emphasis on the early clinical contact and early scientific research training. In addition, they are also outstanding in practice and internship. There is much beneficial enlightenment for our country's course reform from the British medical curriculum design, namely to establish integration courses which is interdisciplinary, to strengthen the humanistic quality's cultiva-tion, to advocate early clinical contact and early scientific research, and to strengthen cooperation and coordination between medical colleges and social organizations in all aspects.