China emerging as top medical studies centre for India, world

[xizhimen]

China emerging as top medical studies centre for India, world

24 Jan, 2012, 02.51PM IST, PTI

BEIJING: China is emerging as a major global hub for medical education as it boasts of more than 630 higher learning institutions from the stream with 1.76 million students, including thousands from India.

The medical institutes included over 280 colleges and over 350 secondary schools, the Chinese Ministry of Education (MOH) said today.

There are 1.76 million students studying at medical institutes nationwide at present. China has been emerging as a major centre for medical education attracting students from abroad in recent years.

According to official figures over 8,000 Indian students enrolled to study Medicine in China in 2010. This year the numbers were expected to go up by few hundreds.

More and more students from India are joining medical colleges in China, even though the medical degrees are not directly recognised in India.

They have to write a separate test back home set by Medical Council of India to get qualified. The reason according to Indian officials was that it costs lot cheaper to study in China compared to private medical colleges in India and the facilities were also lot better.

Considering the growing popularity in India, a number of Chinese medical schools were recruiting Indian and Nepalese medical professors to teach in their institutions.

The Chinese Health Ministry said it had set up a multilevel medical education that offers diploma courses ranging from bachelor's to postdoctoral studies as well as part-time classes for medical workers, thanks to decades-long reforms in the field.

The government has made efforts to standardise medical education by publishing national standards on the education of clinical medicine and issuing certificates to qualified teachers in accordance with international rules.

The government is now further deepening reforms in medical education, in an effort to create a sound environment for the development of top-level medical colleges in the country, according to the MOH.

In addition, domestic medical schools are increasing cooperation and exchanges with their overseas counterparts.

China emerging as top medical studies centre for India, world - The Economic Times

 

[SinoChallenger]

I don't like it! We should not share our medical technology with indians, but only our friends. Let them figure it out for themselves.

 

[DelhiDareDevil]

I don't like it! We should not share our medical technology with indians, but only our friends. Let them figure it out for themselves.

Thank you China, Hindi chini bai bai lmao

 

[Mirza Jatt]

I don't like it! We should not share our medical technology with indians, but only our friends. Let them figure it out for themselves.

wow....hats off to you for showing your true colour...

 

[xizhimen]

thats because all Indian cant make to Indian medical colleges...so they end up in chinese colleges which give admission to any tom, dick and harry !! anyday AIIMS students would beat unrecognised chinese degree holder

cheaper than the west,but still a lot of money,if the case is like what you said,then every Chinese would be a doctor.

 

[scholseys]

I am pretty sure Indians pay for their education in China and its not free. Since its a healthcare matter anyone who opposes it is simply a lunatic.

 

[Holmes]

Whats the price for a MBBS studies here in India/ for non merit.
30 lac / ....

 

[zootinali]

It doesnot matter where you get your medical degree from , to practise in India and to get legally recognised, one must pass the MCI eligibility test and must serve one year internship/residency in Govt. hospitals in India. The eligibility test is very tough and candidates rarely pass in one attempt. It does not matter what foreign university (even of good reputation) you get your degree from ,one must prove one competency . Question set in the exams are often India specific, for example a doctor who got his degree from Ukraine if presented with a case of malaria or dengue often go blank because he would never see a single case as a student in foreign nation, whereas these are very common in India.

Most students go to foreign countries becuse they could not earn a seat in India and they have the money to study abroad and that is one of the reason why MCI eligibilty test was designed ..

 

[Backbencher]

Thank god i am not a medical student .

 

[zootinali]

AIIMS: The premier and probably the cheapest institute in India, you would just have to shell around Rs. 970 per annum as an outstation candidate and Rs. 330 as a local candidate per semester to study in AIIMS.

Don`t forget only fifty MBBS seats only the best of the best of the best of the best of the best get in there

 

[ChinaToday]

Thank god i am not a medical student .

Exactly well said thank god you are not a medical student

 

[Skull and Bones]

To be honest, student who can't get into any medical colleges in India goes to Russia or China, while someone having sound financial base prefer UK.

 

[xataxsata]

Indian doctors, but ‘Made in China’

It is hard to think of the ‘Made in China’ tag extending beyond low cost toys or other manufactured items. But don’t be surprised if you find your neighbourhood doctor sporting the same tag.For, an increasing trend is of Indian students heading to the ‘Dragon’s’ shores to acquire medical education.

MBBS from China

The popularity of an MBBS degree from China can be attributed to two main reasons. Firstly, the cost angle. Completing an MBBS degree from China costs half as much as it would in India. Pankaj Aditya who completed his MBBS degree from Kunming Medical College three years back stresses on the affordability factor as a major reason for his going to China. “In India, the average fee per year is somewhere around four to five lakh rupees for non-payment seats. This works out to around 30 lakh rupees in six years. In China, one can complete the same degree in almost half the cost and comparable quality of education,” he says.

Secondly, gaining admission to Chinese medical colleges is quite easier.

Admission criteria
Securing a seat on an MBBS programme in China isn’t very tough. If one has cleared all the science subjects at the 10+2 level with a minimum of 50 per cent aggregate marks in science, one qualifies to take admission in a Chinese MBBS programme.

Duration and internship
It takes a person roughly six years to complete their MBBS degrees. This includes one year of practical training. And since most of the universities have affiliated hospitals, internships aren’t hard to get.

Do your research first
Employment in China after completion of an MBBS degree isn’t guaranteed or easy owing to tight work visa rules. In the event of returning to India and wanting to work here, students are required to pass a screening exam conducted by the Medical Council of India (MCI). However, this is conditional upon the student having studied only from the MCI approved list of medical colleges in China. Therefore, it is best to view the updated list of such colleges on the MCI website..

Indian doctors, but

 

[xataxsata]

To qualify to practice in India, any Indian student who receives a medical graduate degree from a foreign country must meet three conditions to be a registered medical practitioner in India.

First, the students must pass MCI’s Screening Test.

Second, they must earn a medical degree from an institute listed in the World Directory of Medical Schools, published by the World Health Organization.

Third, they must obtain the Eligibility Certificate from MCI according to the Eligibility Requirement for Taking Admission in an Undergraduate Medical Course in a Foreign Medical Institution Regulations, 2002.

 

[below_freezing]

It doesnot matter where you get your medical degree from , to practise in India and to get legally recognised, one must pass the MCI eligibility test and must serve one year internship/residency in Govt. hospitals in India. The eligibility test is very tough and candidates rarely pass in one attempt. It does not matter what foreign university (even of good reputation) you get your degree from ,one must prove one competency . Question set in the exams are often India specific, for example a doctor who got his degree from Ukraine if presented with a case of malaria or dengue often go blank because he would never see a single case as a student in foreign nation, whereas these are very common in India.

Most students go to foreign countries becuse they could not earn a seat in India and they have the money to study abroad and that is one of the reason why MCI eligibilty test was designed ..

You make it sound like India has high standards for healthcare. If that's the case, then why is India's average lifespan so short, and infant mortality so high? Why is it that India rarely has breakthroughs in biomedical technology compared to China?

If selectivity is a factor, then just remember: it is over 100 times harder to get into IIT than it is to get into Harvard and 30 times harder to get into IIT than Beijing University, yet Beijing University > IIT and Harvard > Beijing University.