Henan launches grassroots doctor training program
Shanghai. April 8. INTERFAX-CHINA - Health authorities in Henan Province will fully fund postgraduate training for 110 medical students who will afterwards be assigned to grassroots medical institutions, the provincial government announced April 8.
Training will take place at five leading medical colleges in the province and last for two to three years. It will focus on clinical medicine, preventive medicine and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).
Students will receive grants to cover tuition and living costs. On completing the program, they will be assigned to county-level hospitals and disease control and prevention centers.
The program comes as part of a project Henan launched in 2009 to train medical staff for grassroots medical institutions. It is the first time the province has given funding for postgraduate medical training.
- KZ
