The Accreditation of Medical Program in Eight Medical Schools

According to the instruction of the Ministry of Education in China, the Working Committee for the Accreditation of Medical Education (WCAME) organized assessors to conduct site visit of Hainan Medical College (June 8-12), Guangdong Pharmaceutical University (June 15-19), Hebei United University (October 12-16), Tianjin Medical University (October 12-16), Capital Medical University (October 19-23), University of South China (October 26-30), Hubei University of Medicine (November 9-13) and Dalian Medical University (November 30-December 4), against Standards for Basic Medical Education (for Trial Implementation).

According to the Guidelines for the Accreditation of Medical Education (for Trial Implementation), all the eight medical schools had conducted self-evaluation against the Standards and submitted their self-evaluation reports to the secretariat of the WCAME and assessors a month ahead of the site visit. The assessors carefully studied the self-evaluation report before the site visit, which enabled them better understanding of the actual situation of the medical schools. During the site visit, assessors talked with the representatives of faculty, students, administrative staff, the affiliated hospitals and other stakeholders, and visited educational resources, including those available in teaching sites, to identify the strength and weakness of the school in achieving its mission and objectives against the Standards. Before leaving, the assessment team presented a preliminary report on the findings of the site visit to the medical school.

After the site visit, each assessor is to prepare his/her part of the accreditation report against the Standards based on the material and information collected during the site visit, and submits it to the team chair, who will complete the accreditation report within two months after the site visit. After seeking the comment of the medical schools on the factual accuracy of the report, the team chair will submit the final report and recommendations on accreditation outcome to the WCAME for review and the Expert Committee for the Accreditation of Medical Education for approval.

Meeting with teachers in the affiliated hospital of Hainan Medical College

Report by the president of Guangdong Pharmaceutical University

Meeting with senior students in Hebei United University

Visiting PI laboratories in Tianjin Medical University

Meeting with school leaders in Capital Medical University

Site visit in University of South China

Site visit in Hubei University of Medicine

Visiting community health service centre of Dalian Medical University