Recently, the General Office of the Ministry of Education issued the "Guide to Guiding Majors for Serving Health Undertakings and Health Industry Talent Training" (hereinafter referred to as the "Guide"), proposing to connect with the major needs of the country, serve the new trend of health undertakings and health industry development, and set up five new guiding majors for the cultivation of medical talents: medical device and equipment engineering, geriatrics and health, health and medical security, drug economics and management, and biomedical data science.
The "Guide" makes it clear that it is necessary to guide colleges and universities to accelerate the layout and construction of a number of adaptable and leading new medical majors, accelerate the cultivation of urgently needed compound talents, better serve the development of health and health industries, and provide strong support for maintaining the health of the masses. For candidates, new majors contain new opportunities, let's take a look at what these majors are studying, are there any interests you are in?
Medical Device and Equipment Engineering
Training objectives: This major cultivates compound engineering and technical talents who master the basic knowledge of medicine, engineering and other disciplines related to medical devices and equipment engineering, are familiar with the basic principles of electronic technology, computer technology and information science, medical instruments and medical equipment, have the basic ability of new technology research and new product development in the field of medical devices and equipment, and can be engaged in the manufacturing, operation, maintenance, management, quality supervision, testing, production process control and other related work of medical devices and equipment.
Main disciplines: basic medicine, clinical medicine, medical physics, biology, engineering.
Core courses: Introduction to Basic Medicine, Introduction to Clinical Medicine, Medical Physics, Modern Biomedical Engineering Technology, Introduction to Medical Devices, Principles of Medical Instruments, Medical Imaging Instruments, Pharmaceutical Preparations and Engineering, Medical Laboratory Instruments, Mechanical Design, Signal and Linear Systems, Digital Signal Processing, Principles and Techniques of Clinical Laboratory Instruments, Chemical and Biological Sensors, Medical Device Registration Regulations, Introduction to Artificial Intelligence.
Main practical teaching links: medical equipment engineering training, medical device design, hospital clinical clerkship and other experimental practice courses, production practice of related medical device and equipment companies, as well as social practice, scientific research training, graduation thesis (graduation project), etc.
Degree Awarding Category: Engineering.
Duration: 4 years.
Geriatrics and Health
Training objectives: This major cultivates professional talents who have modern elderly care services and management concepts, are proficient in geriatric disease health care and health management knowledge, and can be engaged in scientific research, technology development, design and management in geriatric related institutions such as medical and health management departments, community health service institutions, health management centers, and integrated medical and elderly care centers.
Main disciplines: clinical medicine, pharmacy, psychology, materials science.
Core courses: Physical Chemistry, Physical Properties of Materials, Mechanical Properties of Materials, Biochemistry, Diagnostics, Internal Medicine, Surgery, Geriatrics, Pharmaceutical Administration and Regulations, Clinical Therapeutics, Clinical Nutrition, Geriatric Psychology, Rehabilitation Medicine, Medical Ethics, Health Education, Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, Wearable Medical Equipment.
The main practical teaching links: clinical internship in internal medicine, surgery, geriatrics, rehabilitation, and clinical nutrition in hospitals, internship in community health service institutions (health management center, medical and elderly care center), as well as course experiments in pharmacy, materials science, physical chemistry, biochemistry, innovation and entrepreneurship training, graduation thesis (graduation project), etc.
Degree-awarding category: Management.
Duration: 4 years.
Health & Medical Coverage
Training objectives: This major cultivates professionals who master the basic knowledge of health services, medical insurance and social security, are familiar with the basic theories of health governance, health security related laws and regulations, have the ability to apply medical insurance management technology and health security decision support, and can be engaged in medical insurance management, health insurance underwriting and claims, health security policy development and evaluation in medical insurance departments, social security institutions or medical and health units.
Main disciplines: clinical medicine, management, social security.
Core courses: Introduction to Basic Medicine, Introduction to Clinical Medicine, Social Medicine, Medical Ethics, Fundamentals of Management, Public Administration, Introduction to Social Security, Health Management, Health Economics, Health Insurance, Health Statistics, Econometrics, Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, Social Science Research Methods.
Main practical teaching links: interactive courses such as health decision-making simulation experiments, security policy role-playing consultations, health insurance product design training, professional internships in medical institutions and provincial and municipal medical insurance bureaus, as well as graduation internships, social practices, scientific research training, graduation theses (graduation projects), etc.
Degree-awarding category: Management.
Duration: 4 years.
Drug Economics and Management
Training objectives: This major cultivates students to master the basic knowledge related to pharmacoeconomics, drug management, and drug policy, be familiar with scientific paradigms such as drug clinical research and real-world research and the whole life cycle management process of drugs, and be able to comprehensively use evidence-based medicine, pharmacoeconomics, data science and other methods to accurately predict the cost-effectiveness and input-output ratio of health interventions such as drugs, medical devices, and pharmaceutical services to patients, medical systems, and the whole society, so as to meet the needs of medical and health management departments, local governments, pharmaceutical companies, Compound drug economic management talents in demand from medical institutions and other parties.
Main disciplines: Pharmacy, Basic Medicine, Economic Management.
Core courses: Introduction to Pharmacy, Introduction to Basic Medicine, Fundamentals of Management, Principles of Economics, Health Economics, Medical Statistics, Econometrics, Medical Insurance, Health Measurement, Pharmaceutical Administration and Regulations, Health Management, Pharmaceutical Industry and Market Analysis, Health Technology Evaluation and Pharmacoeconomics, Health Policy, Pharmaceutical Epidemiology, Introduction to Artificial Intelligence.
Main practical teaching links: experimental training such as health big data statistical software operation experiments, real-world research design, internships in relevant departments and organizations of pharmaceutical management, medical and health institutions, and pharmaceutical enterprises, social practice, scientific research training, and graduation thesis (graduation project).
Degree-awarding category: Management.
Duration: 4 years.
Biomedical Data Science
Training objectives: This major cultivates professional talents with good biomedical knowledge, mastering the basic theories and methods of mathematics, statistics and computer science oriented to data science, having strong ability of data mining and statistical analysis, and applying big data methods to solve practical problems, and being competent in technical fields such as big data analysis and mining, big data system development, as well as big data bioinformatics, big data pharmacy, big data medical and public health management and other application fields.
Main disciplines: data science and big data technology, biological science, medicine, pharmacy.
Core courses: Introduction to Pharmacy, Introduction to Basic Medicine, Advanced Mathematics, Linear Algebra, Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics, Data Structures and Algorithms, Introduction to Biology, Introduction to Clinical Medicine, Fundamentals of Disease and Drug Intervention, Overview of Clinical Disease Research, Health Statistics, Introduction to Medical Data, Health Big Data Policies and Regulations, Artificial Intelligence Technology, Big Data Clinical Trial Technology.
Main practical teaching links: independent experimental course teaching, computer programming practice for biomedical big data analysis and artificial intelligence modeling, medical data mining and analysis operation experiments, research internships, pharmaceutical enterprises (or research institutions, hospitals, community pharmacies) internships, scientific research training, graduation thesis (graduation project), etc.
Degree Awarding Category: Science.
Duration: 4 years.