West China Medical Center of Sichuan University

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West China Medical Center of Sichuan University
四川大学华西医学中心

HXKQ Museum.jpg

Museum of the West China College of Stomatology, which has a 100-year history
Former name
 West China University of Medical Sciences (WCUMS), Sichuan University
Motto in English
 Strength through self-renewal, strive to persevere, aspire for the truth, toil to discover.
Type National university
Location Chengdu , Sichuan , China
31°33′19.47″N105°59′47.44″E / 31.5554083°N 105.9965111°E / 31.5554083; 105.9965111 Coordinates: 31°33′19.47″N105°59′47.44″E / 31.5554083°N 105.9965111°E / 31.5554083; 105.9965111
Website wcums.scu.edu.cn

West China Medical Center of Sichuan University (Chinese :四川大学华西医学中心), formerly West China University of Medical Sciences (WCUMS), [nb 1] is located in Chengdu, Sichuan, China, and is administered by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. The Center was founded in 1914 and it merged with Sichuan University in 2000. The Center is ranked 3rd in China for medicine. It is one of the 8 key medical universities under the direct control of Ministry of Education of China.

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Chengdu Prefecture-level & Sub-provincial city in Sichuan, Peoples Republic of China

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Sichuan Province

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History

The stele with the words "West China Union University" inscribed on it West China Union University.jpg
The stele with the words "West China Union University" inscribed on it

In 1910, five Christian missionary groups from the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States founded the private university, West China Union College (Chinese :華西協合大學). [1] The university's medical school was founded in 1914 and taught basic medicine and clinical medicine, biomedicine and stomatology. Three years later the school became the first to teach dentistry in China. In 1924 women were admitted to the college as a whole. Helen Yoh was the first woman to graduate medical school.

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On September 23, 1933 West China Union University was registered with the Provincial Board of Education. In 1941 the East-West Cultural Agency, a foreign exchange student program for distinguished scholars and staff members, was created with the University of Cambridge and Oxford University.

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In 1951 the school was renamed to West China University and then to Sichuan Medical College in 1953. In 1985 the school changed its name to West China University of Medical Sciences (WCUMS; Chinese :华西医科大学). It merged with Sichuan University in 2000 and became the West China Medical Center of Sichuan University.

Sichuan University

Sichuan University is a university in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, China. It has a long history and many predecessors, of which the earliest one was founded in 1740 with the origin in BCE 141. It was transformed to be a modern university in 1920s and the name National Sichuan University (國立四川大學) was adopted in 1931.

Overview

West China Medical Center of Sichuan University is situated in Chengdu, in the downtown area on the banks of Jin River. As one of the top five medical schools in China, the Center consists of five colleges: [2]

Jin River (Sichuan) river in Sichuan, China

The Jin River is a river of Sichuan, China. It flows through the provincial capital of Chengdu and joins the Min Jiang at Pengshan.

West China College of Stomatology of the West China Medical Center of Sichuan University has a significant role in the development of modern stomatology, and was the earliest hospital of stomatology in China. A dental clinic called Ren Ji Dental Clinic was founded in 1907, and then expanded to the first dental hospital in China in 1912. In 1917 the medical faculty of West China Union University (WCUU) established a department of dentistry and in 1921 the status was raised to the college of dentistry of WCUU. In 1928 the college of Medicine and dentistry formed the joint college of medicine and dentistry of WCUU. It was renamed as Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan Medical College in 1953. In 1985, it was granted a name as the College of Stomatology, Sichuan University School of Medicine and was changed into West China College of Stomatology, West China Medical Center of Sichuan University in 2000.

The Center offers bachelor, masters and doctorate degrees. Of more than 3,000 students, about one half of the students are in the bachelor's program and the rest are in the advanced programs. [1]

According to China's University and College Admission System, in 2012 the Center was an A level rated school and the only Cochrane Center or "evidence based medical center" in Asia. It is one of only 15 of such centers in the world. The Implementation of the project has won a national prize from the Ministry of Education.

Partnerships

West China Medical Center of Sichuan University is a member of the Institute for International Medical Education (IIME), INCLEN (International Clinical Epidemiology Network) and International Network of universities. [3]

West China Medical Center of Sichuan University has cooperative agreements with 150 universities from 43 countries and regions such as the US, the UK, Canada, the Netherlands, Japan, Germany, Finland, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Australia. [3] This includes University of Washington, UCLA, University of Michigan and 10 other universities from the US, Glasgow University and 2 others from the UK, and Waseda University, Hiroshima University and University of Yamanashi from Japan.

Recognition

West China Medical Center of Sichuan University is listed in the World Directory of Medical schools published by WHO, The International Medical Education Directory (IMED), Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) and the Foundation of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER).

Affiliated hospitals

West China Medical Center of Sichuan University has four affiliated hospitals.

Notable alumni

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "West China Medical University (WCMUS)" is traditionally used as the name of the school. The name "Sichuan University School of Medicine" is also used in some scholarly articles and resumes.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University". University of Massachusetts Medical School. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "About Us". Official website of the Center. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
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  5. ↑ About us, West China Hospital, Sichuan University. http://eng.cd120.com/a/aboutus/
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