Medical students from abroad, as well as those from Taiwan, Hong
Kong and Macao may have a chance to practice medicine on the
mainland starting next year.
Health and personnel authorities on the mainland have jointly
issued a regulation that allows applicants from those areas to take
part in the national qualification examination for medical
practitioners.Those who pass the exams will receive a certificate
qualifying them to practice medicine on the Chinese mainland.
Under the regulations, overseas students who want to sign up for
the examination should have studied at universities on the Chinese
mainland and have earned a bachelor's degree or higher medical
degree.
Meanwhile, before taking the examination, graduates should have
completed a one-year practice in the hospitals attached to the
universities or colleges where they have studied.
Students who enrolled in the joint programmes abroad, which are set
by Chinese and foreign universities, cannot apply for the
qualification exam so far, said Wang Yu, deputy director-general
with the Department of Medical Administration under the Ministry of
Health.
The requirements are the same for medical students on the Chinese
mainland, as listed in the Law on Licensed Doctors of the People's
Republic of China.
Foreign students and students from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao can
choose one of three types of exams - clinical medicine, traditional
Chinese medicine or dentistry, based on their field of study.
The exam will be offered in mid-November each year, and its content
is the same for foreign and domestic students, with a written part
and another part on practical skills.
More than 9,400 students from abroad and Taiwan, Hong Kong and
Macao have received their medical education on the Chinese
mainland, and 3,500 of them have studied traditional Chinese
medicine, according to Wang.
(China
Daily October 26,2001)