Guangzhou Medical University（GMU） Clinical Medicine
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Guangzhou Medical University（GMU） Clinical Medicine Accreditation Self-assessment Report Guangzhou, China October, 2016 1 Contents Part I. OVERVIEWS ................................................................................................... 1 1. Overview of Guangzhou Medical University .................................................... 1 2. Overview of the Clinical Medical Education Program ...................................... 7 Part II. Self Assessment Report on Teaching Medical Undergraduates .............. 10 1 Mission and Objectives ..................................................................................... 10 1.1 Mission and Objectives .......................................................................... 10 1.2 Formulation of Mission and Objectives ................................................. 13 1.3 Academic Autonomy ............................................................................. 14 1.4 Educational Outcomes ........................................................................... 19 2 Educational Program ......................................................................................... 26 2.1 The Medical Curriculum ........................................................................ 26 2.2 Instructional Methods ............................................................................. 44 2.3 Scientific Method ................................................................................... 47 2.4 Medical Ethics ........................................................................................ 49 2.5 Natural Sciences ..................................................................................... 49 2.6 Basic Biomedical Sciences .................................................................... 50 2.7 Behavioral Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences and Medical Ethics ............................................................................................................ 51 2.8 Preventive Medicine ............................................................................... 52 2.9 Clinical Sciences and Skills ................................................................... 53 2.10 Programme Management ..................................................................... 53 2.11 Linkage with Postgraduate Medical Education and Continuing Medical Education ..................................................................................................... 55 2.12 Existing problems and directions for improvement ............................. 56 3 Assessment of Students’ Achievements ........................................................... 57 3.1 System of Assessment of Students’ Achievements ............................... 57 3.2 Relationship between Assessment and Learning ................................... 64 3.3 Analysis and Feedback of Assessment Results ..................................... 65 3.4 Assessment Management ....................................................................... 66 3.5 Areas for Improvement .......................................................................... 68 4 Students ............................................................................................................. 69 4.1 Admission Policy and Selection ............................................................ 69 4.2 Student Intake ........................................................................................ 71 4.3 Student Support and Counselling ........................................................... 74 4.4 Student representative ............................................................................ 84 i 4.5 Areas for Improvement .......................................................................... 89 5 Academic Staff/Faculty .................................................................................... 90 5.1 Recruitment Policy ................................................................................. 90 5.2 Staff Policy and Development ............................................................... 93 5.3 Areas for Improvement .......................................................................... 99 6 Educational Resources .................................................................................... 100 6.1 Educational Budget and Resource Allocation ..................................... 100 6.2 Physical Facilities ................................................................................ 102 6.3 Clinical Teaching Sites ........................................................................ 106 6.4 Library and Information Service .......................................................... 111 6.5 Education Expert .................................................................................. 114 6.6 Educational Exchanges ........................................................................ 115 6.7 Areas for Improvement ........................................................................ 118 7 Program Evaluation ........................................................................................ 119 7.1 Mechanisms for Program Evaluation ................................................... 119 7.2 Teacher and Student Feedback ............................................................ 126 7.3 Involvement of Stakeholders ............................................................... 128 7.4 Graduate Performance ......................................................................... 130 7.5 Areas for Improvement ........................................................................ 134 8 Research .......................................................................................................... 135 8.1 The Nexus between Teaching and Research ....................................... 135 8.2 Research by Staff ................................................................................. 140 8.3 Research by Students ........................................................................... 142 9 Governance and Administration ................................................................... 144 9.1 Governance .......................................................................................... 144 9.2 Academic Leadership ........................................................................... 149 9.3 Administrative staff and management ................................................. 150 9.4 Interaction with health sectors ............................................................. 151 9.5 Areas for improvement ........................................................................ 154 10 Reform and Development ............................................................................. 155 10.1 Development Plan .............................................................................. 155 10.2 Continuous Reform ............................................................................ 157 10.3 Areas for Improvement ...................................................................... 163 ii Part I. OVERVIEWS 1. Overview of Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou Medical University（GMU）was first established in 1958 as Guangzhou Medical College. In 2007, it passed the State Evaluation of Undergraduate Education Quality with excellence. In April 2013, it was renamed as Guangzhou Medical University by the Ministry of Education. In 2014 the university was empowered to enroll the first class of undergraduates in China’s National Matriculation Examination in all its specialties and in 2015 the university was included in the Guangdong Provincial Project for Building High-level Universities. After fifty years of development, Guangzhou Medical University has become a local institution of higher learning with medical education as its advantage and characteristic and with a complete system of (bachelor-master-doctor-post-doctor) talent cultivation. GMU is currently accommodated on two campuses including the Panyu Campus and the Yuexiu Campus respectively and covers an area of 410,000 m2. The Panyu Campus, which is located in the Town of Xinzao, Panyu District of Guangzhou, separated from the Higher Education Megacenter by the Pearl River, was put to use in September, 2014. It is surrounded by beautiful scenery with sophisticated facilities and a strong flavor of modernization. The Yuexiu Campus, which is situated in the central district of Guangzhou, a famous city with rich history and culture, is bordered on the south by the verdant and luxuriantly green Yuexiu Mountain and on the north by the scenic and picturesque Liuhua Lake Park, furnishing an ideal place for study and scholarship. GMU is made up of 18 secondary schools, 7 directly affiliated hospitals, 11 non-directly affiliated hospitals and 20 research institutes/centers. At GMU there are a total of 6,737 teaching and administrative staff (765 in the university, plus 5972 in the hospital), among which 407 are full-time teachers in the university, with 77 being professors, 155 associate professors. In general, Staff and faculty with higher academic titles account for 57 %; of those, 225 teachers with Doctoral degrees, which accounts for 55%. A total of 165 teachers hold a master’s degree, accounting for 41% of the total. Of those master’s degree holders, 258 are under the age of 40. In GMU there are now 97 supervisors for doctoral candidates and 774 supervisors for master’s candidates. The University sticks to the strategy of “promoting the development of the university with