Medical Education Management ›› 2015, Vol. 1 ›› Issue (4): 300-302,306.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2096-045X.2015.04.015

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Experience and inspiration: medical training to aid Africa’s fi ght against Ebola

Mou Danlei1, Zhang Tong1, Cheng Xiangpu2, Zhang Hongwei1, Wu Hao1   

  1. 1.Center of Infectious Diseases, Beijing You’an Hospital, Capital Medical University;2.Department of Continuing Education, Beijing You’an Hospital, Capital Medical University
  • Received:2015-11-17 Online:2015-12-20
  • Contact: Wu Hao

Abstract: The 2014 outbreak of the Ebola virus in the West African has been met with a high profi le Chinese response. Several Chinese medical teams were sent in to affected area. According to actual local conditions and characteristics of trainees, they developed training programs, played to their professional advantage, used a variety of teaching modes, and performed stratifi ed training. Valuable experience accumulated in dealing with major national public health emergencies and in the English/bilingual teaching of infectious diseases was bought to the affected areas. They had made a signifi cant contribution to reverse the Ebola epidemic. Meanwhile, the ability of our health system to respond to emergencies and English teaching of infectious diseases of public health events was further validated and improved.