Beijing Hospital Skandal Spark's debate about Pilot Medical Degree Program

Chinas National Health Commission initiated an investigation into a sex scandal in the China-Japan Friendship Hospital in Beijing, a best medical facility, on Thursday. The controversy revolves around Xiao Fei, a deputy chief physician who was released after personal misconduct, according to allegations of matters with several women, including a local doctor who may be connected to a pilot Medical Degree program. This incident increased the public examination of the fairness and the standards of this non -traditional medical training path “4+4”. [para. 1][para. 2]

The attention changed from Xiao Feis behavior to the login information of a student in the pilot program “4+4”, although their direct connection with the scandal is not confirmed. Critics questioned the non-medical background of the student in 2019 before joining the program at the Beijing Union Medical College (PUMC). The “4+4” model enables graduates with a four -year bachelor's degree to complete medical training for four years, which in contrast to medical, medical training in China, in contrast to an eight years of medical training, will be completed. This approach is inspired by the US medical training system on university graduates. [para. 3][para. 4][para. 5]

After the introduction of PUMC 2023, the student was presented as a degree in economics at Columbia University. Online users later discovered that she studied at Barnard College, a subsidiary of Columbia. PUMC has not given any further details about her qualifications, which led to debates about their approval for the “4+4” damage and the duration and quality of their clinical training. [para. 6][para. 7]

The “4+4” model was launched at PUMC in 2018, but since 2002 there have been Jiao Tong University in China at Shanghai Jiao Tong and since 2005 at Zhejiang University. Pumc has developed the program to recruit outstanding students for various backgrounds who have strong intellectual foundations and a real interest in medicine. Proponents argue that the problems of immaturity and the lack of motivation, which can sometimes be found in the beginners of the high school, to find traditional medical tracks by selecting older students with a variety of experiences. [para. 8][para. 9][para. 10]

However, critics point out that the Chinese “4+4”, in contrast to the American system, does not require a standardized entrance examination that resembles the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT). This injunction has led to considering the fairness of the approval process, since the students handle the final exams required for other advanced qualifications in China. [para. 11]

A study published in April 2024 by the Center for Medical Education at the Chinese Academy for Medical Sciences and Pumc analyzed the 172 “4+4” students from 2019 to 2024. It was found that 31.4% of these students stopped non-biological bachelor's degrees. The pass rate for the Chinese medical license test was 95.2% for “4+4” students, close to the 98.5% speed for conventional eight -year -old students, which indicates a comparable academic competence. However, the graduates “4+4” remained in clinical ability and research: they published an average of 2.8 articles compared to 4.1 of eight -year -old graduates, some of whom are due to their shorter time of the medical study. The faculty admitted that “4+4” students tend to have international exposure and interdisciplinary strengths, but clinical and research skills can vary greatly. The students themselves quoted overloaded schedule that restricted their practical training. [para. 12][para. 13][para. 14][para. 15]

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