Source: Dean’s Office of Medical Education
Written by: Dean’s Office of Medical Education
Edited by: Wang Dongmei

On May 18-19, the final of the 4th National Medical College Students Clinical Skills Competition, sponsored by the Clinical Teaching and Research Center for Medical Education of the Ministry of Education and undertaken by Central South University, was held in Xiangya School of Medicine of Central South University, which is located in Changsha, Hunan province. It is the first time that the final was held outside of Beijing, 168 participants from 42 teams participated in the final in Changsha. At last, SYSU team was awarded the grand prize of the final with the highest total score, winning three consecutive championships.

This year’s competition consisted of the preliminaries in five areas nationwide and the final in Changsha. 117 universities, which included 90% of bachelor’s degree in clinical medicine throughout China, took part in the preliminaries. On the basis of preliminary selection, 168 participants from 42 teams stood out in the final. The final involved 128 clinical skills in internal medicine, surgery, gynecology and obstetrics, paediatrics, emergency medicine, anesthesiology, ophthalmology, dermatology, otolaryngology, pathology, medical imaging and related knowledge to improve medical students' clinical thinking ability and operation level with teaching and promote the development of medical education. The contest organized 100 high-level referees to ensure fairness and justice in the competition. There are three grand prizes, five first prizes, twelve second prizes and twenty-two third prizes.

SYSU team is leaded by Xiao Haipeng, Director of the Dean’s Office of Medical Education, and is supervised by Professor Wang Tinghuai and Professor Liang Lijian, two national distinguished teachers. The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, The Third Affiliated Hospital and Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center nominated Professor Wang Jinsong and other clinicians as teachers to lead six undergraduate students of the 5-year program of clinical medicine, namely, Tang Hewen, Li Xiaoyuan, Qin Si, Huang Yueming, Zheng Xuqi and Liu Sixue, to participate in the contest. SYSU team won high praises by the referees and teachers, who said that they “are well trained and have high clinical thinking ability”.

Lin Huiqing, Assistant Minister and Member of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of Education, attended the opening ceremony. Shi Pengjian, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Higher Education of Ministry of Education, and Wang Qiming, Director of Bureau of Agriculture, Forestry and Medicine, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, attended the closing ceremony.
The contest highlights the aim of "showing elite performance, advocating science and mastering medicine". The contents and difficulty of this competition have increased year by year. SYSU has won three successive championships in the competition, the only medical contest promoted by the Ministry of Education in China. This fully reflects the profound tradition of Sun Yat-sen University with a history of nearly one hundred and fifty years of medical education, and shows the education idea of "dedication to teaching, students and learning" once again.

The Dean’s Office of Medical Education is engaged in the selection and training of the contestants. The instructor group is selected from the affiliated hospitals of Sun Yat-sen University. The Clinical Skills Center of Sun Yat-sen University is responsible for carrying out the training work.