The Opening Ceremony of the 5th National Medical College Students Clinical Skills Competition Final held at SYSU
Source: SYSU News Center
Written by: SYSU News Center, Qiu Yuxin
Photo by: Guo Zhongfei, Liu Wentao
Proofread by: Prof. Xiao Haipeng
Edited by: Wang Dongmei
On the morning of May 24, the Opening Ceremony of the 5th National Medical College Students Clinical Skills Competition Final was held in K.K. Leung Hall on South Campus of SYSU. Mr. Zhang Daliang, Director General of Department of Higher Education of Ministry of Education; Prof. Wang Shan, Director of Clinical Teaching and Research Center for Medical Education of Ministry of Education; Prof. Chen Hong, Deputy Director and Secretary-General of Clinical Teaching and Research Center for Medical Education of Ministry of Education; Prof. Chi Baorong, Member of Clinical Teaching Steering Committee of Ministry of Education and Head of Judges of the Competition; Mr. Lin Ji, Deputy Secretary-General of the People’s Government of Guangdong Province; Mr. Hu Zhenmin, Deputy Director of Department of Education of Guangdong Province; Prof. Xu Ningsheng, President of SYSU; Prof. Chen Chunsheng, Executive Deputy Secretary and Vice President of SYSU, and General Director of the Competition; and Prof. Li Mengfeng, Vice President of SYSU, attended the opening ceremony. About 250 tutors and contestants from 41 colleges and universities as well as nearly 1,200 judges, teachers and students took part in the event. The opening ceremony was chaired by Prof. Li Mengfeng.
The Opening Ceremony of the 5th National Medical College Students Clinical Skills Competition Final
President Xu Ningsheng extended a warm welcome to the guests on behalf of SYSU, saying that it is a great honor for SYSU to organize the Competition in the year of its 90th anniversary. The Competition is a great event sponsored by Clinical Teaching and Research Center for Medical Education of Ministry of Education. It plays an important role in building the teaching model in medical education, and promotes the reform in clinical training. President Xu Ningsheng introduced the history of SYSU and medical education as well. Boji Medical College, the origin of medical education at SYSU, was the first medical school to practice and teach western medicine in China. It was in this college that Dr. Sun Yat-sen studied medicine and engaged in revolutionary work. After 148 years of concerted efforts by several generations, medical education at SYSU have developed distinctive features. The quality of clinical teaching has kept improving. He hoped that the Competition will continue to improve medical students’ innovative abilities and clinical competence. He expressed that SYSU will give full support to the Competition and provide quality services for all participants.
Mr. Zhang Daliang pointed out that medical education involves people’s livelihood and is facing new opportunities and challenges in the process of our modernization. Medical education should put virtue first and emphasize clinical abilities. First, a good doctor should be professional, be highly responsible for the patients and the society, and serve the patients wholeheartedly; and second, a good doctor should have excellent competence, master medical theories and skills, and could provide high-quality services. Mr. Zhang Daliang hoped that medical colleges can take the Competition as an opportunity to strengthen the teaching hospital and faculty development, enhance professionalism, medical ethics and clinical skills of medical students, and lay a solid foundation for training “five star” doctors with virtues and superb skills. He expected that medical students will practice core socialist values, develop humanistic qualities, strive to improve abilities, and become an excellent medical professional, a promoter of health care and a contributor to the realization of our Chinese Dream.
The judges taking an oath
Prof. Wang Shan affirmed SYSU’s organizing work, and said that the Competition is an active exploration of the development directions, ways and methods, models and systems of clinical training. In the past five years, the Competition has had a positive and lasting influence on faculty development and the improvement of medical students’ basic knowledge, basic theories, basic skills, innovative abilities, humanistic care and teamwork spirit. With everyone’s effort, the Competition is getting more successful.
Mr. Lin Ji said that medical education is a main channel for training good doctors. Guangdong’s medical education has been among the top in the nation. The rapid development in medical education has not only made great contributions to the development of education in Guangdong, but also provided important support for serving people’s livelihood and enhancing people’s well-being. Guangdong will fully support the reform and development of medical education, and provide more powerful policy and financial support. He hoped that the faculty and students can make full use of this platform to communicate with and learn from each other, and strengthen friendships in the Competition.
Then, led by Head of Judges Prof. Chi Baorong, all the judges took an oath. Led by the student representative Yang Yang, all the contestants took an oath. Prof. Chen Hong declared the Competition open.
It is reported that the annual National Medical College Students Clinical Skills Competition, sponsored by Clinical Teaching and Research Center for Medical Education of Ministry of Education, was first launched in 2010. The 5th Competition is organized by SYSU and has attracted 115 colleges and universities. After fierce competitions in 6 regions, 41 teams entered the Final. The Competition is aimed to promote reform on clinical teaching, strengthen medical students’ clinical skills, improve their teamwork spirit and humanistic qualities, and foster excellent doctors. The Final will last for 2 days.
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