Wuhan University (China)

Clinical Medicine MBBS Western Exceptional Class Program

A six-year innovative program specially tailored to students of western countries -An opportunity for high school juniors and seniors who are interested in entering the

medical field from your respective school districts.

Dear Colleague,

It is well known that many American students hoping to enter medical school have their dreams shattered because of high tuition fees and/or low acceptance rates in our colleges of medicine.

Fortunately, through a partnership we have with China’s Wuhan University, there is a remedy for these students. In this age of globalization, students can choose to go abroad to complete a degree program that is equivalent to what a U.S. medical school offers.

The Wuhan University Medical School program has been offered for more than 10 years.

After six years of study after high school, a student can be standing at the same line as a graduate from a U.S. medical school—at considerably less cost.

The university is committed to providing international students with quality medical experiences that enable them to become competent physicians with solid medical knowledge while giving due consideration to the possible needs to practice medicine in their home countries or any other country, including China.

The bachelor’s degree is approved by the ministry of education in China and is also approved by the World Health Organization. Graduates from the program can directly attend apply for a USMLE exam (U.S. Medical Licensing Examination) in the U.S.

We wanted to share this information with you. Perhaps there are students in your districts who might be interested.

Sincerely,

For more information about this program, please visit our website http://www.aasa.org/content.aspx?id=37460 or contact Tara at tgao@aasa.org.

• About Wuhan University • Program Competitive Advantage • Program Application Requirements & Courses • Faculty Team Introduction-Program Representative Professors

Deadline for 2015 School Year：8/01/2015

Questions and Applications:

Tara Gao, AASA, The School Superintendents Association

tgao@aasa.org, 571.721.9585

Anna Yu, Sino Language & Beyond annayu@sinolanguage.org, 408.360.9958

About Wuhan University:

• One of the top 5 universities in China

• A comprehensive and key national university under the direct administration of the Ministry

of Education of China

• Founded in 1893 in the late Qing Dynasty and became one of the earliest national universities

in modern China in 1928

• Regarded as one of the most prominent Chinese institutions of higher education by the

world-renowned journal Science In 1999

• Among the 10 Chinese universities listed by The Times as top 400 universities in the world

in 2011

• One of the first Chinese universities started admitting international students from 1950s. In

+50 years it has educated nearly 10,000 international students from over 110 countries and

regions.

Wuhan University, located by the beautiful Luojia Mountain in the city of Wuhan, is committed to

providing international students with quality medical education experiences that enable them to

become competent physicians with solid medical knowledge, adequate clinical skills and

professionalism, while giving due consideration to the possible needs for them to practice medicine

in their home countries or any other countries including China.

Program Competitive Advantage:

• Well-known education quality:

This bachelor degree is approved by the ministry of education of China and is also approved by World Health Organization (WHO). Students who graduated from this program can directly attend USMLE exam (US Medical Licensing Examination) in United States.

Wuhan University’s education quality shown on the FAIMER

(Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research) website: https://imed.faimer.org/details.asp?country=243&school=&currpage=1&cname=CHINA&city=w uhan&region=AS&rname=Asia&mcode=243705&psize=25

• Taught in English

The entire program is taught in English. Professors from major U.S. medical schools, such as University of Chicago, will be part of the teaching force. Students do not need to learn Chinese before joining this program.

• Time-saving High school graduates can directly apply for this program. The time saved on pursuing a medical degree is obvious.

VS.

In the US:

4 years in undergraduate study with a 3.5 GPA

+ MACT score

+ 4 years in medical school = 8 years to graduate from a medical school

MBBS Western Exceptional Class Program:

1 year for fundamental courses study + 5 years medical school study = 6 years to graduate from a medical school

• Simple admission:

Requirement is a lot simpler than that is for U.S. medical schools. Medical College Admission Test (MCAT score) is not required.

• Lower Tuition & Living Cost

The Tuition is lower than majority medical schools in U.S. The tuition fee in U.S. medical school in average is about 50,000 USD per year. In the MBBS program Wuhan, the tuition fee is 8,400 USD only. (*2015 class only. The tuition is expected to adjust upward since 2016.)

VS.

The living expense is cheaper and living environment is safe and comfortable. Wuhan City is located in the center part of China. It is one of the safest places in China. The living cost in Wuhan is about 400 USD per month.

Program application requirements & courses:

Application requirements:

• Applicants must be non-Chinese citizens with a valid passport, above the age of 18 and under the age of 30.

• Applicants shall hold a high school diploma and provide high school transcript with the marks above C or over 70%.

• Applicants shall have reliable economic supports or financial guarantors. Medical insurance is compulsory during period of study at Wuhan University School of Medicine.

Program Objective: To train doctors

• For the medical and health institutions with good medical professionalism. • Who has solid grasping of the scientific and medical expertise with preliminary

clinical competence • Who has good communication and critical thinking skills • Who are both self-learner and lifelong learner, and have team spirit of the primary clinician. • Who will practice in various health care systems to lay the necessary foundation for

professional improvement Graduation requirements:

• Duration: 6 years

• Credits required: The minimum credits required for graduation is 229

Major courses:

Human Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Physiology, Biochemistry, Pharmacology, Pathology, Immunology, Medical Microbiology, Clinical Skills Learning, Internal Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics, Pediatrics.

Course Schedule:

Academic year

NO.

Term

Subjects Teaching hours

Credit Theory Experiment Total

Year 1

1 Basic Chinese I 192 192 10.5

1 Advanced Mathematics 54 54 3

1 Physics 36 36 2

1 Chemistry 54 54 3

2 Systemic Anatomy I 48 48 96 4

2 Histology and Embryology I 36 24 60 2.5

2 Medical Genetics 24 6 30 1.5

2 Basic Chinese Ⅱ 162 162 9

2 Medical Chinese I 68 68 4

Year 2

3 Systemic Anatomy Ⅱ 64 64 128 5.5

3 Histology and Embryology Ⅱ 21 14 35 1.5

3 Physiology I 80 48 128 6

3 Biochemistry I 96 96 5.5

3 Basic Chinese Ⅲ 144 144 8

3 Medical Chinese Ⅱ 68 68 4

4 Physiology Ⅱ 80 48 128 6

4 Biochemistry Ⅱ 48 48 1.5

4 Regional Anatomy 64 64 128 5.5

4 Immunology 32 18 50 2.5

4 Medical Chinese Ⅲ 68 68 4

4 Basic Chinese Ⅳ 133 133 7.5

Year 3

5 Pharmacology I 128 128 7

5 Pathology I 64 48 112 5

5 Medical Chinese Ⅳ 72 72 4

5 Pathogen Biology 64 32 96 4.5

6 Pathology Ⅱ 80 48 128 6

6 Pharmacology Ⅱ 32 96 128 4.5

6 Forensic Medicine 32 32 2

Year 4

7 Clinical Medical Chinese I 36 36 2

7 Community Medicine 54 54 3

7 Diagnostics 86 86 5

7 Medical Imaging 36 36 2

7 Internal Medicine I 72 72 4

7 General Surgery I 72 72 4

7 Diagnostics Clerkship 80 80

8 Clinical Medical Chinese II 36 36 2

8 Internal Medicine II 72 72 4

8 General Surgery II 54 54 3

8 Pediatrics 72 72 4

8 Neurology 36 36 2

8 Oncology 32 32 2

8 Stomatology 32 32 2

8 Infectious Diseases 36 36 2

8 Internal Medicine Clerkship 120 120

8 General Surgery Clerkship 120 120

8 Pediatrics Clerkship 80 80

Year 5

9 Clinical Medical Chinese Ⅲ 36 36 2

9 Obstetrics & Gynecology 72 72 4

9 Otorhinolaryngology 36 36 2

9 Anesthesiology 36 36 2

9 Rehabilitation Medicine 36 36 2

9 Ophthalmology 36 36 2

9 Psychiatry 36 36 2

9 Dermatology & Venereology 36 36 2

9 Emergency Medicine 24 12 36 2

9 Obstetrics &Gynecology Clerkship 80 80

10 Clinical Skills 36 36 1

10 Intensive training 2W 1

10 Internal medicine Internship 16W 8

Year 6

11 Surgery Internship 16W 8

Ob/Gyn & Pediatric Internship 16W

8

12 Elective Internship 18W 9

12 Graduation Exam 3W 3

Total 3070 1134+71W 4204+71W 229

Faculty Team Introduction-Program Representative Professors:

Shu-Yuan Xiao, MD

Professor

Department of Pathology The University of Chicago 5841 S. Maryland Avenue, MC 6101, Room E-607B, Chicago, IL 60637 Phone: 773.702.1614 Fax: 773.702.1243

Clinical Interests: Pathological diagnosis of gastrointestinal tract, liver, and pancreatic diseases.

Research Interests: Diseases of gastrointestinal tract, liver, and pancreas. Pathogenesis of viral infections.

Kenneth Liao, M.D.

Academic Title: Associate Professor, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Surgical Director of Heart Transplantation Program Head Robotic & Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Program (CMIS)

Clinical Title: Cardiovascular Surgeon

Thoracic Surgeon

Specializations: Surgery

Practices

Heart -- University of Minnesota Physicians Heart at Fairview

Jibin Dai, MD

Department of Anatomy School of Basic Medical Sciences

Wuhan University School of Medicine, Wuhan, China Professional Title: Chair and Professor

Research:

1. Study of apoptosis of neurons in the cortex of cerebrum in the early periods of fetal development in mice.

2. The collection and culture of the neural stem cell from the neural tube of mice fetus and the cortex from adult mice; The inducement of differentiation to dopaminergic neurons from the neural stem cells in vitro and in vivo.3.The collection and culture of the marrow stroma cells from mice bone and the inducement of differentiation to the neurons in vitro and in vivo

Lin Wang , MD, PhD Department of Histology and Embryology School of Basic Medical Sciences Wuhan University School of Medicine, Wuhan, China Professional Title: Chair and Professor Research:

1. Reproductive Biology: We focus our research on the molecular mechanism of implantation of embryo and the influence of adverse intrauterine environment on the development of fetus.

2. Neonatal infectious diseases: Our research interests focus on the molecular mechanism how neonatal meningitic Escherichia coli penetration through the blood brain barrier using cell and animal model.

Yu WAN, MD, PhD Department of Physiology School of Basic Medical Sciences

Wuhan University School of Medicine, Wuhan, China Professional Title: Chair and Professor Email: wanyu@whu.edu.cn Research:

I am interested in growth hormone (GH) signaling. My laboratory focuses on studying the relationship between endocrine factors such as GH/IGF-1 and the development of central nerve system, and the relationship between GH/IGF-1 axis and cancers. Our research has been funded by multiple grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China, State Natural Science Foundation and State Health Department. I have been authored/coauthored more than 50 peer-reviewed papers in national and international journals including Journal of Neurochemistry, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Molecular Endocrinology and Nature: Struct Mol Biol. More than 20 master 's and doctoral students have studied in my laboratory during past decade.

Feng Li , PhD Department of Medical Genetics School of Basic Medical Sciences

Wuhan University School of Medicine, Wuhan, China Professional Title: Professor Research:

1. The effect of the histone modifications on the DNA repair pathway regulation;

2. The mechanisms of antagonism between different histone modifications; 3. How the high risk virus onco-protein influence the host cell histone modifications.

Junzhu Wu Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

School of Basic Medical Sciences

Wuhan University School of Medicine, Wuhan, China Professional Title: Vice Dean and Professor Research:

1. LDL oxidation by THP-1 monocytes. 2. The expression of HNP-1 in E.coli.

Xiao-Lian Zhang, PhD Director of Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Allergy and Immunology

Professor of State Key Laboratory of Virology

Wuhan University School of Medicine, Wuhan, China Professional Title: Chair of Immunology Department Research:

Prof Zhang's work encompasses studies of the immune function of pathogenic microorganism which are causes of human severe infectious diseases, tumor surface glycoside, lectins and glycosylation. Her main achievements including: 1) firstly found a new type of IVB pilus operon in the large pathogenicity island of serovar Typhi which comprise 11 genes, and also gave a detailed research about its function. her work have important value in elucidating the etiologic species specificity of human serovar Typhi. 2) Revealed the key functions of glycoside and glycosylation in infection, tumor immune recognition and escape. 3) Successfully designed and developed drug molecules, Glycosylation inhibitor and effective vaccine candidate which are specifically binding to pathogenic microorganism and tumor cells surface glycosides

Hui Fen Dong, PhD Department of parasitology School of Basic Medical Sciences

Wuhan University School of Medicine, Wuhan, China Professional Title: Professor Research:

1. Biology of Schistosoma japonicum and its intermediate host, Oncomelania hupensis：mainly focus on the development of S. japonicum，especially the cell culture of Schistosoma and Oncomelania in vitro.

2. Interaction between Schistosoma japonicum and its host: mainly study the impact of host on the growth and development, egg embros and granuloma, gene expression and immune evasion of Schistosoma, also focus on the gene expression of O. hupensis after infected with Schistosoma and treated with molluscicide drug.

Xiaohua He, MD, PhD Department of Pathophysiology Vice Dean,

School of Basic Medical Sciences

Wuhan University School of Medicine, Wuhan, China Professional Title: Professor Research:

1. Study on a novel recombinant human foamy virus vectors for Neurological Disorders Gene Therapy

2. Study on mechanism and molecular therapy of neurological channelopathies