title: Medical education reform in wuhan university, china: a preliminary report of an international collaboration.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In 2008 Wuhan University Medical School in China proposed to reform its curriculum by adapting the curriculum of the University of Chicago Medical School.
  
  
  METHODS
  An assessment of Wuhan University Medical School's traditional curriculum conducted in 2009 informed the reform directions, which included course integration, use of clinical cases, improved relevance of basic sciences to clinical medicine, reduction of lecture time, increase in group and independent learning, and the use of formative assessments. Fifty student volunteers per year were chosen to participate in the reform, and the rest remained in the traditional curriculum.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A student survey was conducted in 2011 to evaluate the reform by comparing the attitudes of those in the reform and standard curricula.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The reform met the needs of the school, was generally well received, improved satisfaction in reform participants, and had a positive impact on students. Areas needing improvement were also identified.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA. rsherer@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu
authors.forename: Renslow
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sherer
authors.forename: Hongmei
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Zhou
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yunfeng
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stern
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jiong
authors.forename: Karl
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matlin
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Baoping
authors.forename: Aliya N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Husain
authors.forename: Ivy
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Juan
authors.forename: Sujata
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mehta
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D003479:Curriculum; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D012577:Schools, Medical; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires