Medical Colleges And Clinical Medicine Curriculum Reform

In order to meet the needs of transformation from the old medical education model to the new one, and train medical professionals of new-type, this paper puts forward a series of plans for establishing a module-based medical curriculum system in accordance with the concept of optimizing the current medical curriculum, and the requirements of quality education for the 21st century. These whole series of plans have been proposed on the basis of survey and verification of the current reformation and developing trend of medical education systems in China and the world. The new curriculum system of medical education consists of five modules, i. e. module of thinking and culture, module of medical specialty, module of natural sciences, module of physical and mental health, and module of intangible courses, under which 16 curriculum clusters with different functions have been established. On the basis of this new model, the paper has made an in-depth study of integration of course structure and content structure of the curriculum system. Particularly, the paper puts forward new ideas on the integration of courses in the areas of medicine and humanities studies. In accordance with the reformation plan, a teaching plan has been put forward with unique characteristics.This new curriculum system is not a traditional one with medical discipline in the center. Neither is it a subject-based curriculum system. It is a module-based education curriculum with curriculum clusters, thus forming a brand-new quality education model; and it will exert considerate influence on reforming the medical education system and improving teaching contents at the medical institutions of higher learning in China.