Reform direction of medical education in China： implementing ＂competency-based＂ medical education

• Published in: Chinese medical journal Vol. 126; no. 17; pp. 3203 - 3204
• Main Authors: Li, Hai-Chao, Wang, Chen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: China Department of Respiratory Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China%Beijing Hospital 2013; Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine; National Clinical Research Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Beijing 100730,China
• Subjects: China; Competency-Based Education; Education, Medical - methods; Education, Medical - trends; 中国; 医学教育; 医疗保健; 卫生系统; 基础; 教育改革; 现代科学; 能力; China; medical education; competency-based
• ISSN: 0366-6999; 2542-5641
• DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.20132148

For over 100 years, medical education has achieved continuous development and progress all over theworld. Flexner＇s report in 1910 brought modern science into the curricula of medical schools. In the 1960s, problem-based learning （PBL） was born in Canada and quickly achieved wide use. From the beginning of the 21 st century, with increasing specialization in medicine, the ＂silo effect＂ has become more apparent. The inequality in healthcare and low efficiency of the entire health system has become prominent problems. These have brought about new challenges for medical education--how to implement accountable medical education so as to rectify the current situation. Therefore, ＂competency-based＂ medical education, as an important feature of the third generation medical education reform, has gradually become the trend. J However, currently in most medical schools in China, PBL is still flourishing, which indicates that we are still at the second generation of medical education reform.