Undergraduate education
BackThe curriculum consists of general fundamental courses, basic medical courses, clinical courses, general electives and practice teaching:
· General Fundamental Courses: these are those general education courses SMU offers, including Situation and Policy, Military Theories, Ideological and Political Theories, College English, Physical Education, Guidance to College Students to Start Their Undertakings, Career Plan, Computer, and Mental Health of College Students. These subjects lay down a sound basis for students to study in depth and develop their scientific thinking and skills, basic research qualities and healthy personality.
· Basic Medical Courses: those subjects centering on basic theory, basic knowledge and basic skills in the specified discipline help build a reasonable medical knowledge structure and lay a good basis for students learning and research.
· Clinical Courses: those which (including extended ones) are necessary for the discipline and other related disciplines, which help to cultivate primary thinking and practicing ability necessary for students’ clinical practice in the related disciplines.
· General Electives: those available for all students in SMU, including humanities and social sciences, natural sciences, life sciences and physical education.
· Practice Teaching: those subdivided into intra- and extra-curricular practicing, covering exposure to clinical medicine in the early stages, clinical clerkship, clinical internship, research training, community internship and social practice, with the main aim to cultivate clinical competence, practical ability and research capacity.
In addition to the above, a hidden curriculum system has been set up on the basis of campus environment, organization institution and cultural atmosphere. In this way a students' value, behavior and professional attitude have been cultivated through a positive but indirect imperceptible manner.
Credit and Proportion of 5-Year Medical Courses
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Types
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Credit
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Proportion
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Scientific Methodology
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3.5
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2.25%
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Moral Education
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18.5
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5.99%
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Natural Science
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14.5
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5.43%
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Bio-medicine
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54
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19.29%
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Behavior Science, Social Science and Medical Ethics
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10
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3.75%
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Public Health
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9
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3.37%
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Clinical Medicine Courses
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59.5
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22.47%
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Early Exposure to Clinical Practice
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2
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0.75%
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Clinical Practice
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52
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19.47%
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English, Military Theory, PE, Basic Nursing and Employment Guidance
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19
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7.87%
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Public Course
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18
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6.74%
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Creative Credit
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4
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1.50%
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Military Drills
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5
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1.12%
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Total
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267
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100%
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Teaching Plan Framework of Medical Curriculum Integration for 8-year Medical Program
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Year
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Medical preparatory stage
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Medical undergraduate training stage
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Clinical practice and graduate stage
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Term
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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11
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12
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13
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14
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15
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16
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Training objectives and requirements
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1. Deep foundation of natural science
2. Leadership, teamwork spirit
3. Application ability of information acquisition
4. Early contact with medicine
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1. Basic medical knowledge, basic theory and basic skills
2. Early contact with clinical medicine
3. Basic scientific research ability
4. Primary clinical skills
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1. Strong clinical skills
2. Clinical scientific research ability
3. Master the theory and technology of modern medical science
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Good professional ethics, deep foundation of humanities and social sciences, strong innovation ability, strong foreign language application ability and learning ability, good comprehensive quality, great development potential
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Course arrangement
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1. Natural science
2. Information science and management engineering course
3. Introduction to biology and early medical practice
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1. Biomedical basic courses (anatomy, biochemistry, etc.)
2. Fourteen medical curriculum integration modules
3. Humanities science curriculum and practice
4. Tutor for basic sciences
5. Innovation education curriculum system
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1. Clinical practice (6 years)
2. Developmental course
3. Rotation of grade-2 subjects
4. Equipped with clinical tutor
5. Clinical thinking and skill training (clinical and scientific research)
6. Thesis writing and oral defense
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Teaching method
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Joint training with National University of Defense Technology, classroom teaching and social practice
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Classroom teaching, PBL teaching, flipped classroom, autonomous learning, group learning, social practice, tutorial system, etc.
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Classroom teaching, bedside teaching, case discussion, OSCE, clinical research training, independent learning, etc.
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