title: China's Medical Education and Interventional Neuroradiology Training.
abstract: China's medical education system is complex and consists of degree programs lasting from 3 to 8 years, the inconsistency across previous educational backgrounds is a challenge when implementing residency training objectives and contents. Only in several advanced medical universities, education for interventional neuroradiology (INR) is a part of a rotation in the 2-year training for neurosurgery. Advanced INR techniques are confined to big cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, where most of the Chinese INRs have their 6 to 12 months fellowship to major medical centers. With a tremendous economic growth in the region, we expect that INR practice will evolve at an equally rapid pace, and information presented in this chapter may soon become obsolete.
authors.affiliation: Beijing Neurosurgical Institute and Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Xianli
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lv
authors.affiliation: Beijing Neurosurgical Institute and Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. Electronic address: ttyyzjb@sina.com.
authors.forename: Hongwei
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: Beijing Neurosurgical Institute and Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. Electronic address: wuzhongxue6666@163.com.
authors.forename: Zhongxue
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D003479:Curriculum; D004501:Education, Medical; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D059906:Neuroimaging / Q000639:trends*; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000193:education* / Q000639:trends*; D015641:Radiography, Interventional / Q000639:trends*; D011871:Radiology / Q000193:education*
keywords: Interventional neuroradiology; Medical education; Training