HOW CHINA STANDARIZED MBBS IN ENGLISH?

China has become the most popular country in Asia for international students and

Ranks third overall among countries after the USA and the UK. International student’s education is in important part of Chinese education and has always drawn close attention from the communist party of china and the Chinese Government. Total number of international students enrolled in china in the year 2014 touched to 377054 whereas it was 356499 in 2013 and 328330 in 2012 from 200 countries, according to the data released by ministry of Education, China. China plans to attract 500000 overseas students by 2020. Chinese government will further increase the scholarship mechanism to encourage local government, educational institutions and social organization to offer more funds for international student. According to higher education data specialist QS, among.36 academic disciplines evaluated, seven Chinese universities made the global top 50. Ben Softer, head of research, said the success of   China’s Universities fits into a wider   shift in the global balance of power, with Asian institutions emerging as genuine competitors to the US and the UK, especially in the academic discipline of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

There are more than 2000 colleges and universities in China. And many Chinese universities are focusing on developing technologies that increase competitiveness with the West. Key initiatives include Project 211, which aims to bring 100 Chinese universities up to a world-class standard, and Project 985 , which aims  which aims to create an even more elite group of universities. Project 985 has resulted in the creation of C9 league, which has ambitions of becoming something like the US levy League.

Most of the subjects are taught in Chinese medium by the university firstly started teaching MBBS course in English medium to international students. Since then more and more medical courses in English medium. Now not only medicine but also Engineering and management course taught in English medium are gaining momentum in China. The Ministry of Education, China standardized MBBS course taught in English medium for international students by declaring new regulations, in 2009, which is known as “Interim provisions for quality control standards on undergraduate medical Education in English for international student in china.

The regulations incorporate following vii chapters

[i]:  General provisions

[ii]:  Training Standards

[iii]:  Curriculum planning

[iv]:  teaching and supervision

[v]:    Eligibility and admission

[vi]:   Basic conditions of the institutions

[vii]:  supplementary provisions

The main features of the new regulations may be summarized as follows:

1.     It ensures quality teaching of medicine in English to foreign students 

2.     The course duration of MBBS Taught in English to international students will be of 6 years which includes one year internship 

3.     International students shall English in effective medical practice under the guidance of senior physicians and become independent doctors through further professional education and training 

4.  Chinese  language shall be a compulsory subject during the medical study to ensure communication skills with the Chinese patients in the hospitals 

5.     The duration of internship is 1year [at least 48 weeks]. The institution must arrange the internship in its own teaching hospital. Students will also have the option to do internship in a hospital of own country recognized by the ministry  of health 

Only quality students with good marks in senior secondary school examination will be admitted in MBBS course and admission documents will be strictly checked. Only standard medical institutions will be allowed enroll international MBBS students in English medium. Only qualified faculties will be allowed to teach MBBS course in English medium to the international students. The ministry of education, China will be regularly evaluated and monitor the medical education taught in English for international students. Every year, the ministry of education, China publishes the name list of institutions which are qualified to enroll international MBBS students in English Those institutions which are not under the list will not be allowed to enroll international MBBS students in English.