[Correspondence] Medical education: what about the barefoot doctors?

Medical education aims to cultivate effective and essential medical human resources for protecting people's health and the nation's sustainable development. On July 11, the State Council of China introduced bold plans to deepen the reform and development of medical education, which were summarised in The Lancet (July 22, p 334).1 Facing the increasing needs of health care and medical education, the Chinese Government is struggling to change the current situation and improve educational programmes, financial welfare, career promotion mechanisms, and ethical decision-making.
Source: LANCET - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research