Abstract:

With the continuous development of medical education, accreditation plays a key role in measuring and ensuring the quality of clinical medical education. Ottawa-Shanghai Joint School of Medicine (OSJSM), accredited by the Ministry of Education in China and jointly managed by Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine and the University of Ottawa, has concentrated on the training of clinical medical professionals since 2015. OSJSM has initiated the simulated accreditation process following accreditation system of both domestic and CACMS (Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools) standards in order to reflect the advantages of Sino-foreign cooperation in running schools and ensure the quality of medical education. Comparing accreditation standards between Accreditation Standards for Basic Medical Education in China (The 2016 Revision) and North America Standards in the process of simulated accreditation. This paper provides reference for the further development of medical education accreditation in China based on comparing, analyzing and summarizing the differences mainly from standard content, accreditation documentations, accreditation procedures and accreditation results, etc.

Key words:

medical education standards, Sino-foreign cooperation in running schools, accreditation of medical education