Educational Research
Current situation of undergraduate education of rehabilitation therapeutics in colleges and universities in China
Zhang Hong, Huang Jing, Li Chun, Jiang Yuan
Published 2021-03-20
Cite as Chin J Med Edu Res, 2021, 20(3): 260-266. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn116021-20191112-00418
Abstract
Rehabilitation therapeutics has become a popular specialty in colleges and universities in China. At present, 160 colleges and universities have set up rehabilitation therapeutics specialty, of which 73.75% are public colleges and 26.25% are private colleges (including independent colleges). The types of those colleges and universities are mainly concentrated on western medicine colleges (40.6%), traditional Chinese medicine colleges (18.1%) and comprehensive colleges (31.3%), with an imbalance in regional distribution between the east and west of China. Some problems are becoming prominent with the increase of the number of these colleges and universities, such as differences in discipline cultivation modes, compositions of colleges and universities, teaching quality, profession/industrial standards and distribution of rehabilitation education resources. In order to promote the healthy development of undergraduate education of rehabilitation therapeutics in colleges and universities in China, we should define the connotation and extension of rehabilitation therapeutics, establish the professional training mode of rehabilitation therapeutics with Chinese characteristics, classify the professional training objectives, strengthen the construction of teachers, formulate professional standards of rehabilitation therapeutics, and improve the uneven distribution of rehabilitation education resources.
Key words:
Rehabilitation therapeutics; Undergraduate education; Current situation; Professional construction
Contributor Information
Zhang Hong
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Shanghai Fourth People's Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University, Shanghai 200081, China
Huang Jing
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu 610500, China
Li Chun
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu 610500, China
Jiang Yuan
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu 610500, China