Medical Education in West China Second University Hospitalof Sichuan University

As the main teaching unit of West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, our hospital undertakes the tasks for undergraduate teaching and postgraduate training of Pediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynaecology and related subjects. Our hospital also undertakes the tasks for postgraduate medical education and continuing medical education focusing on Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Pediatrics. Our hospital has 11 majors for graduate studies, such as Pediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Maternal & Infant Medicine, Stress Biology, Nursing, Clinical Pathology, Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis, Clinical Pharmacy, Anesthesiology, Imaging Medicine and Nuclear Medicine (ultrasound), Imaging Medicine and Nuclear Medicine (radiation), and four authorized doctoral degree programs in Pediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Maternal & Infant Medicine and Stress Biology, as well as post doctoral programs in Pediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynaecology. There are 138 master supervisors, 87 doctoral supervisors and more than 300 graduate students.

Our hospital vigorously promoted the curriculum building of Pediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynaecology and the construction of high-level teaching material system, and “Pediatrics” has been rated as “national high-quality online open course” and “national high-quality resource sharing course”, "Reproductive health - sexual welfare school" won the first batch of national high-quality online open courses and national first-class undergraduate courses. In 2021, “Pediatrics (9th Edition)” (Mu Dezhi as deputy editor) and “Obstetrics & Gynaecology Nursing (6th Edition)” ( Luo Biru as deputy editor) won the second prize of national excellent textbook (Higher Education).

Relying on the standardized training base for residents and the national key professional base for standardized training for residents, our hospital has been approved as the first batch of "national training base for birth defect prevention and control talents" and "standardized training base for perinatal medical specialists" in China, and won the titles of "head of the top ten residential training bases" and "excellent resident" in China. Our hospital has undertaken a number of short-term training projects for continuing medical education, including the "Academician+ western pediatrician training project" carried out by the Chinese Red Cross Foundation and the "Neonatal pediatrics and pediatric specialist nurse training project" carried out by the Chinese Nursing Society. Our hospital gradually form a mature continuous training, assessment and quality control system for young doctors majoring in Pediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynaecology. The talent team construction of Pediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynaecology and related professionals at different levels will be fully covered in Sichuan Province.