Chinese doctors to receive internationally recognized training

By Zheng Yiran | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2019-03-03 16:08

The Chinese Medical Doctor Association and London-based Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists have launched a training program in Beijing, in a bid to develop China's obstetricians and gynaecologists.

Sponsored by German pharmaceutical company Bayer, the program aims to foster international academic exchange, encourage communication between domestic and international medical associations, and professionally improve China's obstetricians and gynaecologists, especially young doctors.

As part of the program RCOG, considered one of the most authoritative academic institutions in the world, will test gynaecologists, holding them to a standard considered among the strictest worldwide.

Due to the language barrier and difficulty of the test itself, only a limited number of Chinese obstetricians and gynaecologists will pass each year.

This is the first time that RCOG has offered its training program in non-Commonwealth countries.

The program will first select 30 doctors through academic tests in Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Wuhan and Guangzhou.

Selected doctors will then receive pre-test training from RCOG professors, while academic idea-sharing forms the third part of the test.

"Doctors are eager to progress to international academic research and cutting-edge academic concepts, in order to update their academic knowledge as soon as possible and to promote the improvement of clinical practice.

"This international program helps Chinese obstetricians and gynaecologists improve their medical level, and promotes the integration of the Chinese obstetrics and gynecology industry with international standards," said Chen Dunjin, program director and doctor at the Third Affliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University.

"RCOG's training program enjoys over 100 years of history. It offers standard training to obstetricians and gynaecologists, which is very important to doctors in the area.

"In China in the past, medical students became doctors right after they graduated from universities. However standardized training after graduation is of great significance.

"With this training program, doctors can come back to China and communicate their experience to their colleagues in the area," Chen added.

Trained doctors' expenses will be covered in full by RCOG, including living expenses during internships in the United Kingdom.

After passing the RCOG test, doctors will be accredited to practice medicine in all Commonwealth countries.

Yang Huixia, director of the maternity department at Peking University First Hospital, praised the program, saying that "women's health is one of the important cornerstones of the health of the whole people.

"Healthy women are critical to nurturing a healthy next generation and developing a healthy society."