​​THE RESEARCH ON INTERNATIONALISATION OF MEDICAL UNIVERSITIES IN GUANGDONG PROVINCE ​

Abstract

In the context of economic globalization, international exchanges and cooperation have become the fifth major mission of universities after "talent training, scientific research, social services, cultural inheritance and innovation".(Zhang Haiying, etc. 2021). The fundamental purpose of medical education is to provide high-quality medical and health resources for the society, and medical services are related to everyone's life and health. Especially since 2020, the global outbreak and spread of COVID-19 has had a profound impact on the life and production of all mankind, as well as the global economy, science and technology, education and health, and has also brought people a sense of alarm and reflection.(Yang Yaofang, 2021). Therefore, the internationalisation of medical education has also attracted more and more attention worldwide. (Zhang Haiying, etc. 2021) Guangdong Province, as the most economically developed area in China, how to improve the internationalisation level of medical universities in this province has important theoretical and practical significance. The researcher of this paper adopted "Internationalisation Evaluation Index System of Medical Universities in Guangdong Province"(Song Xuejie, 2022) as research tool and took three medical universities in Guangdong Province as research samples, and collected the relevant index data from each university. Through the establishment of Internationalisation Comprehensive Evaluation Model of Medical Universities in Guangdong Province based on the ideal evaluation criteria, focusing on the nine theme modules of the index system, including "development strategy, organization and management, faculty and staff, students, teaching, scientific research, international exchanges and cooperation, affiliated hospitals as well as services and guarantee", the overall situation of the internationalisation development of these three universities was analyzed, and the advantages and disadvantages were put forward, in order to provide strategies and directions for the sustainable development of the internationalisation of medical universities in Guangdong province in the post-epidemic era.