Change and Reform in Medicine and Health Education in China - A Teaching Staffs Perspective
Change and Reform in Medicine and Health Education in China - A Teaching Staffs Perspective

Author: Xiangyun Du

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2022-09-01

Total Pages: 191

ISBN-13: 1000797325

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In recent decades, medicine and health education has been challenged worldwide by changes in its profession. Being a doctor nowadays encompasses much more than having biomedical knowledge and includes interdisciplinary skills related to societal needs, communication skills, and ethical consideration, among other things. In order to provide these skills and competences, many medical schools are implementing changes in different aspects of the education. These changes are also occurring in China. In the past twenty years, medical education in China has initiated a series of reforms. The current reforms have mainly been led by the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health. These initial actions have evidenced both positive and negative attitudes and reactions. Is there a need to make further reforms and changes? If so, in what aspects? This book documents a national investigation of attitudes from teaching staff on the reforms and changes. Nearly 1800 teaching staff from 23 medical universities participated in this investigation. The results suggest that sustainable educational change demands not only supports from policy-makers and leaderships, but also active participation from teaching staff. In order for the implementation of reforms and changes to be successful, two factors are essential from the teaching staff’s perspective. First, it is important for teaching staff to gain a deep understanding of educational reform and change, and second, they should develop appropriate skills to be able to conduct the reforms through their teaching practice. To provide these two factors, institutional facilitation is necessary and crucial.

School Culture Development in China - Perceptions of Teachers and Principals
School Culture Development in China - Perceptions of Teachers and Principals

Author: Kai Yu

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2022-09-01

Total Pages: 149

ISBN-13: 1000791467

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School culture is playing an increasingly important role in school performance and educational development. Within the national campaign in China for the innovative and sustainable development of education, local governments in Beijing Municipality have encouraged and facilitated educational innovation toward better school culture. In recent years various initiatives have been undertaken by a select group of schools to develop strategies and further action toward innovation and change. This book documents an investigation of how teachers and principals perceive school culture development in China. A survey was conducted among 1,992 informants from 37 schools (located in four different districts) in Beijing Municipality. The results of this study indicated that the respondents had overall positive perceptions of school culture construction and development in the educational change process. In general, they showed a positive attitude toward the school culture improvement initiatives, reported satisfaction about their current school culture and held confidence in the direction their school culture is heading. The study demonstrated that certain factors, such as school geographical location and respondents’ job duty, job title, and gender, make a difference in how participants perceive their school’s culture. Teachers and principals from a less economically developed district had less awareness of, involvement in, and understanding of school culture development in all its aspects. A notable gap between teachers and principals was identified in their perception of the core values and norms of the school and of communication between teachers and principals. This study suggests that for educational development to be further carried forward successfully, there is an urgent need for better distribution of educational resources (both financial and leadership), common understanding, agreed-upon goals, and efficient communication between principals and teachers. KeywordsEducational philosophy, Ethics, Chinese context, Gender, Learning

Medical Education Reform in China
Medical Education Reform in China

Author: Renslow Sherer

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2019-03-22

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 1527531864

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Due to the rapid pace of scientific progress in medicine, there is a global movement to improve medical education. This unique book describes the Wuhan University Medical School reform initiative, a successful example of medical education reform in China that may offer inspiration, motivation, and new ideas to medical school leaders both in China and abroad. Beginning in 2008, Wuhan University and the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine collaborated to build a state-of-the-art, world-class curriculum and pedagogy with high levels of student and faculty satisfaction and improved student performance. The first chapter of this book outlines reform innovations, before the rest of the text moves on to detail the collaboration process, the entire reform curriculum, and the novel evaluation research methods. As such, it offers practical recommendations to medical school faculty and medical education researchers both in China and abroad, as well as to international partners working in reform collaborations.

Insights on Education Reform in China
Insights on Education Reform in China

Author: Zhiying Nian

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2022-09-01

Total Pages: 85

ISBN-13: 1000796019

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Since the late 1970s, China has initiated landmark reforms in education resulting in great strides in international rankings.. Unlike many recent books on Chinese educational reform, which examine macroscopic policies, this book examines the universalization of pre-school education, school selection in elementary education, attractiveness of vocational education, the operational mode of university charters, the development of open universities, the credit bank system in building the learning society, and other aspects of education, and only analyzes one specific problem in each of these contexts for the purpose of comparing China’s educational reforms to their overseas counterparts through microscopic study.Insights on Education Reform in China is not intended to provide a complete picture of China’s educational reform. Rather, it addresses the types of complicated circumstances under which China has made achievements in educational reform, and the conflicts arising in the context of that reform.Topics covered include: Education Reform, Equality, Standardization, Governance, Learning Society

Navigating Educational Change in China
Navigating Educational Change in China

Author: Fang Wang

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-08-04

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 3319636154

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This book is a reflection on the complexity of educational change in China through the lens of a senior academic who has occupied many diverse roles in the academe, from political worker to dean of faculty. It narrates his journey through different layers of historical, societal, and institutional transformation while trying to make sense of his own life and work. In this book, the professor is situated at the intersection of history, culture, and society where the search for personal identity becomes a lifelong project. Landmarks in his intellectual journey are used to elucidate the effects of early influences, significant others, challenges and opportunities, human agency, and professional capital. His story illustrates the vicissitudes of a long career that combines scholarship and administration, and offers lessons for survival, advancement, and leadership in the fluid environment of Chinese higher education institutions.

China's Healthcare System and Reform
China's Healthcare System and Reform

Author: Lawton Robert Burns

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-01-26

Total Pages: 744

ISBN-13: 1316738396

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This volume provides a comprehensive review of China's healthcare system and policy reforms in the context of the global economy. Following a value-chain framework, the 16 chapters cover the payers, the providers, and the producers (manufacturers) in China's system. It also provides a detailed analysis of the historical development of China's healthcare system, the current state of its broad reforms, and the uneasy balance between China's market-driven approach and governmental regulation. Most importantly, it devotes considerable attention to the major problems confronting China, including chronic illness, public health, and long-term care and economic security for the elderly. Burns and Liu have assembled the latest research from leading health economists and political scientists, as well as senior public health officials and corporate executives, making this book an essential read for industry professionals, policymakers, researchers, and students studying comparative health systems across the world.

Comprehensive Regional Reform
Comprehensive Regional Reform

Author: Guihua Liu

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-09-25

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 9811569142

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This book ambitiously presents the current directions and goals of the Chinese idea of modernization in education. Searching for a neutral way to understand educational reform and policy-making in the midst of many different theories in the field, the authors combine the theories of ecology, regional studies, and educational philosophy to focus on the hot topics relating to the current problems in Chinese education. In addition to the theory of education, it offers an interdisciplinary approach to educational policy and administration, including perspectives from history, evaluation and (big) data processing, modernization, planning-making, curriculum and teaching, element analysis etc. within or beyond the limits of education. This book is a valuable resource for policy-makers and administrators as well as teachers and students majoring in education or related fields. It is also beneficial to those interested in interdisciplinary approaches to educational theory studies and regional studies in education, and practitioners in schools and higher education institutes as well as anyone wanting insights into Chinese education from the perspective of regional studies.

The Frontier of Education Reform and Development in China
The Frontier of Education Reform and Development in China

Author: Dandan Guo

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-01-02

Total Pages: 414

ISBN-13: 981196355X

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This book covers education theory and philosophy, basic education, education economy, management and other fields, focusing on the hot and frontier issues of Education reform and development in China 2020. The articles in this book has been translated from Educational Research—the top academic journal in the field of education research in China. It addresses the current issues and status of Chinese education, and pays a close attention on it. Educational researchers in the college and university, educational policymakers and frontline teaching staff would be interested in it. By focusing on the current hot issues and frontier education issues, we want to explore the deep theoretical basis behind the phenomenon, so as to establish in the reader’s mind the connections between theory and practice, China and world.

Innovative Tracks at Established Institutions for the Education of Health Personnel
Innovative Tracks at Established Institutions for the Education of Health Personnel

Author: Martin P. Kantrowitz

Publisher:

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13:

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A guide for educators seeking to reform programs and teaching methods at established medical schools is presented. Focused on practical problems, attention is directed to an innovative curricular track and the ideas, experiences, and discussions presented during a conference attended by educators at eight institutions that have used the track approach. The institutions, which are located in China, Mexico, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, have used the track approach to reform medical education to be more relevant to the health needs of given populations by using either problem-based or community-based learning in the educational process. Of concern are 23 strategies for using the track approach to implement change, with consideration of start-up, building support and overcoming resistance, evaluation, networking, and options for the future of the track. Features and experiences of the innovative track schools on seven points are compared, including motivation for seeking change, curriculum content, and policies governing admissions. Comparative information is summarized in an extensive table that illustrates common trends and differences in approaches, circumstances, or outcomes. Detailed case studies of the eight schools are also presented. (SW)

Oxford Textbook of Medical Education
Oxford Textbook of Medical Education

Author: Kieran Walsh

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 775

ISBN-13: 0198785712

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Providing a comprehensive and evidence-based reference guide for those who have a strong and scholarly interest in medical education, the Oxford Textbook of Medical Education contains everything the medical educator needs to know in order to deliver the knowledge, skills, and behaviour that doctors need. The book explicitly states what constitutes best practice and gives an account of the evidence base that corroborates this. Describing the theoretical educational principles that lay the foundations of best practice in medical education, the book gives readers a through grounding in all aspects of this discipline. Contributors to this book come from a variety of different backgrounds, disciplines and continents, producing a book that is truly original and international.