Huazhong University of Science and Technology

I. Program Objectives

This program aims at cultivating elementary doctors of high quality who can engage in medical practice with effectiveness and security after graduation under the guidance of senior doctors, and have proper foundation to further study through their lives and make advanced study in a certain discipline field of the medical science. 

II. Learning Outcomes

Students of this specialty should master basic theory, knowledge and skills of medicine required for medical practice and possess good thought and morals and career attitude so as to lay a firm foundation for the continued education after graduation. Graduates should acquire the following morals, knowledge and abilities:

1. Establish scientific outlook on world, life and values, and wish to contribute to the development of medical science.

2. Establish the idea of caring about patients, respect patients’ personality, protect patients’ personal secrets; adhere to the prevention of diseases and alleviation of patients’ sufferings as your own duty, and realize the ethical responsibility of providing end-of-life care.

3. Fully realize the importance of communications between doctors and patients and communicate with patients and their family members actively so as to make them fully understand and cooperate with the drawing up and implementation of the treatment plan.

4. Establish the cost-effective idea, pay attention to using medicines rationally, choose a proper scheme of diagnosis and treatment, correctly apply the principle of a fair and effective distribution and rational use of the limited resources, and fully utilize the available resources to attain the greatest benefit of rehabilitation.

5. Establish the idea of studying throughout one’s life and fully realize the importance of going on unceasing self-perfection and receiving continued education.

6. Establish the idea of medical ethics, respect personal faith, respect every person, and have a good understanding of his humane background and cultural value.

7. Establish scientific attitude of seeking truth from facts, when meeting with medical activities which go beyond your professional ability or which you can’t manage effectively and safely, seek the help of other doctors voluntarily.

8. Regard health interests of patients and the community as your own professional responsibility all the time.

9. Establish the initiative spirit and spirits of daring to doubt and of daring to analyze and criticize, have the ideology of wishing to make contributions to the formation of new knowledge and to the discovery of new skills.

10. Respect colleagues and establish team spirit.

11. Establish the idea of practicing medicine in accordance with the law, and learn how to protect the patients’ and also your own rights and interests by using the law. 

III. Program Highlights

This program integrates the knowledge of humanities, information and computer science with that of clinical medicine so as to broaden the cultivation of elementary doctors of high quality. 

IV. Main Disciplines

Basic Medical Science, Clinical Medicine

V. Program Length and Degree

Duration: 6 years

Degrees Conferred: Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)

VI. Credits Hours and Units

Minimum credits of curricular (comprising course credits hours and units and practicum credits): 293 credits. Major-related basic courses and core courses cannot be covered using credits from other courses in the program.  

VII. Main Courses

Systematic Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Physiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Pathogen Biology, Medical Immunology, Pathology, Pathophysiology, Pharmacology, Diagnostics, Internal Medicine, Surgery

VIII. Practicum Module

Clinical Clerkship, Clinical Internship