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West China Medical Center

January 01, 1970

The West China Medical Center, Sichuan University (Chinese: 四川大学华西医学中心), formerly the West China University of Medical Sciences (traditional Chinese: 華西醫科大學; simplified Chinese: 华西医科大学), is a prestigious world-class public research institution of medical sciences located in Chengdu, Sichuan, China.

West China Medical Center,
Sichuan University
四川大学华西医学中心
Former name
West China Union University (1910–1951)
West China University (1951–1953)
Sichuan Medical College (1953–1985)
West China University of Medical Sciences (1985–2000)
Motto仁智、忠勇、清慎、勤和 (Chinese)
TypePublic
EstablishedMarch 11, 1910 (1910-03-11) (114 years ago)
Parent institution
Sichuan University
PresidentYanrong Li 李言荣
Location
Chengdu
,
Sichuan
,
China

31°33′19″N 105°59′45″E / 31.555161°N 105.995727°E / 31.555161; 105.995727
CampusUrban
Websitewcums.scu.edu.cn
Museum of the West China College of Stomatology, which has a 100-year history

The institution was founded as the private West China Union University (華西協合大學) by Western missionaries in 1914, being the earliest modern comprehensive university with medical sciences education in China. It once conducted dual-degree MD, DMD, BA, and BS programs with the State University of New York since 1920s and 1930s. In 1938, the university was accredited by the United States' National Board of Medical Examiners. As of 1949, the university held four colleges specializing in arts, science, medical sciences, and dentistry, with 26 academic departments, 2 professional studies departments, and 7 affiliated teaching hospitals.[1]

In 1951, after the Chinese Civil War, the Sichuan Provincial People's Government took over the university, renaming it as the public West China University (華西大學). Under a higher education institution reformation plan directed by the Central People's Government of China, the university was deprived of other academic departments and turned into Sichuan Medical College (四川医学院) with sole focus on medical studies in 1953. The college was upgraded as West China University of Medical Sciences (华西医科大学) in 1985. Under another reformation ordered by the State Council, the university was incorporated into Sichuan University in 2000 and named the West China Medical Center, Sichuan University.[2]

The institution nowadays holds five schools and four affiliated teaching hospitals. Five schools include School of Basic and Forensic Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine (School of Nursing), School of Dentistry, School of Public Health, and School of Pharmacy. Four affiliated teaching hospitals respectively concentrate on comprehensive medical sciences, women and children's health, dentistry, and occupational disease treatment. Every school and teaching hospital is prefixed with the name "West China."[3]

The institution is now sponsored by the Ministry of Education of China. The West China Hospital, Sichuan University (the institution's principal affiliated teaching hospital) is consistently ranked in the top 3 hospitals in China and the largest comprehensive hospital in the world.[4][5][6][7]

History edit

Main article: West China Union University
 
The stele with the words "West China Union University" inscribed on it

The West China Union College was co-founded by American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, American Methodist Episcopal Mission, Friends' Foreign Mission Association and Canadian Methodist Mission in 1910.[8][9] Dr. O. L. Kilborn, Dr. R.G. Kilborn, and Dr. William Reginald Morse played key roles in its formation. The university's medical school was founded in 1914 and taught basic medicine and clinical medicine, biomedicine and stomatology. Three years later the school became the first to teach dentistry in China. In 1924 women were admitted to the college as a whole. Helen Yoh was the first woman to graduate medical school.

On September 23, 1933, West China Union University was registered with the Provincial Board of Education. In 1941 the East-West Cultural Agency, a foreign exchange student program for distinguished scholars and staff members, was created with the University of Cambridge and Oxford University.

 
Historical campus building

In 1951 the school was renamed to West China University and then to Sichuan Medical College in 1953. In 1985 the school changed its name to West China University of Medical Sciences. It merged with Sichuan University in 2000 and became the West China Medical Center of Sichuan University.

Overview edit

West China Medical Center of Sichuan University is situated in Chengdu, in the downtown area on the banks of Jin River. As one of the top five medical schools in China, the Center consists of five colleges:[10]

  • West China College of Basic and Forensic Medicine of Sichuan University
  • West China School of Medicine of Sichuan University
  • West China College of Stomatology of Sichuan University
  • West China School of Public Health of Sichuan University
  • West China School of Pharmacy of Sichuan University

The center offers bachelor, masters and doctorate degrees. Of more than 3,000 students, about one half of the students are in the bachelor's program and the rest are in the advanced programs.[9]

According to China's University and College Admission System, in 2012 the center was an A level rated school and the only Cochrane Center or "evidence based medical center" in Asia. It is one of only 15 of such centers in the world. The Implementation of the project has won a national prize from the Ministry of Education.

Partnerships edit

West China Medical Center of Sichuan University is a member of the Institute for International Medical Education (IIME), INCLEN (International Clinical Epidemiology Network) and International Network of universities.[11]

West China Medical Center of Sichuan University has cooperative agreements with 150 universities from 43 countries and regions such as the US, the UK, Canada, the Netherlands, Japan, Germany, Finland, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Australia.[11] This includes University of Washington, UCLA, University of Michigan and 10 other universities from the US, Glasgow University and 2 others from the UK, and Waseda University, Hiroshima University and University of Yamanashi from Japan.

Recognition edit

West China Medical Center of Sichuan University is listed in the World Directory of Medical schools published by WHO, The International Medical Education Directory (IMED), Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) and the Foundation of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER).

Affiliated hospitals edit

West China Medical Center of Sichuan University has four affiliated hospitals.

  • West China Hospital of Sichuan University is the largest hospital in China and the largest single-site hospital in the world and is consistently ranked in the top three hospitals in China.[4][12][13][14] West China Hospital has 36 clinical departments, 15 medical technology departments and 25 open laboratories. In 2011, more than 3.5 million patients visited the outpatient department, 173,000 patients were discharged from inpatient departments, and more than 93,900 operations were performed.[15] There are 4,300 beds.[9] The hospital employs 6100 permanent staff of which 550 are professors or associate professors. The hospital offers 31 programs leading to doctorate degrees, doctorate programs in clinical medicine and post-doctoral programs in clinical and basic medicines. The hospital has 1 state laboratory, 2 key laboratories of the Ministry of Education, 9 key disciplines of Ministry of Education, 2 disciplines with the national "211 Project", 5 key programs of Ministry of Health, 16 key disciplines and 25 provincial level key laboratories.[16]
  • West China Women's and Children's Hospital of Sichuan University, or West China Second Hospital of Sichuan University, has 600 beds.[9] It was founded in 1988 on the basis of Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics and the Department of Pediatrics in the West China Hospital. West China Women's and Children's Hospital is under the immediate supervision of Ministry of Health of China. The title "Baby Friendly Hospital" was awarded by the Ministry of Health and WHO. The hospital contains China Birth Defect Monitoring Center, the Prenatal Research Center and the Emergency Center for Acute Respiratory Tract Infection in Children. It was Awarded the "Top Tertiary Hospital" in 1998.[17] West China Women's and Children's Hospital's ob/gyns and pediatrics is rated as National Key Disciplines. The staff consists of 406 members of whom 61 are professors, 78 are associate professors.[17] In 2011 the hospital served 3.5 million outpatients and emergency patients and performed 22,500 surgeries and 7600 deliveries.[17]
  • West China Hospital of Stomatology of Sichuan University was founded in 1985. It is considered the cradle of modern stomatology in China. The hospital annually serves 400,000 patients in outpatients clinics and 3000 patients in inpatients wards. The hospital has a capacity of 220 dental chairs and its staff consists of 507 staff members.[18]
  • No.4 West China Teaching Hospital was founded in 1917. It is the only specialized hospital for occupational diseases among all the medical universities in China.[19]

Notable alumni edit

  • Xia Liangcai, a noted oral medicine educator and one of the founders.[citation needed]

See also edit

Notes edit

References edit

  1. ^ "四川大学档案馆 馆藏华西协合大学档案指南 Sichuan University Archives Guide to Collections of West China Union University [and medical school]" (PDF). Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis. Sichuan University Archives Office of School History. June 2013. (PDF) from the original on 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2022-04-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  2. ^ "历史沿革". West China Medical Center, Sichuan University. from the original on 2022-04-19. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  3. ^ West China Medical Center. "华西医学中心简介". West China Medical Center, Sichuan University. from the original on 2022-08-08. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  4. ^ a b West China Hospital. "West China Hospital, Sichuan University ranks the first among all Chinese hospitals for four consecutive years in science & technology influence". PR Newswire (Press release). PR Newswire Association LLC. from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  5. ^ Ma, Xiaobei. "2016 China's Hospital Rankings Released: Information Worth Reading". CN-Healthcare. Beijing CN-Healthcare Information & Technology Co., Ltd. from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  6. ^ Xu, Qing. "2017 China Hospital Science and Technology Influence Ranking newly released". CN-Healthcare. Beijing CN-Healthcare Information & Technology Co., Ltd. from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  7. ^ "科室动态 - 四川大学华西医院 - 四川大学华西医院". West China Hospital, Sichuan University. from the original on 2020-10-13. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  8. ^ "West China Union University". library.vicu.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  9. ^ a b c d "West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University". University of Massachusetts Medical School. from the original on 5 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  10. ^ "About Us". Official website of the Center. from the original on 3 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  11. ^ a b "庆阳铱喝汽车维修投资有限公司". from the original on 2014-08-23. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
  12. ^ Ma, Xiaobei. "2016 China's Hospital Rankings Released: Information Worth Reading". CN-Healthcare. Beijing CN-Healthcare Information & Technology Co., Ltd. from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  13. ^ Xu, Qing. "2017 China Hospital Science and Technology Influence Ranking newly released". CN-Healthcare. Beijing CN-Healthcare Information & Technology Co., Ltd. from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  14. ^ "Tuesday, 26 November 2013". from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  15. ^ About us, West China Hospital, Sichuan University. http://eng.cd120.com/a/aboutus/ 2013-10-27 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ^ . eng.cd120.com. Archived from the original on 2013-05-08.
  17. ^ a b c . en.motherchildren.com. Archived from the original on 2012-12-15.
  18. ^ "Archived copy". from the original on 2010-12-02. Retrieved 2014-06-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  19. ^ http://eng.cd120.com/a/aboutu [dead link]

External links edit

  • Official website
  • West China School of Medicine / West China Hospital 2013-10-27 at the Wayback Machine

January 01, 1970
west, china, medical, center, sichuan, university, chinese, 四川大学华西医学中心, formerly, west, china, university, medical, sciences, traditional, chinese, 華西醫科大學, simplified, chinese, 华西医科大学, prestigious, world, class, public, research, institution, medical, sciences. The West China Medical Center Sichuan University Chinese 四川大学华西医学中心 formerly the West China University of Medical Sciences traditional Chinese 華西醫科大學 simplified Chinese 华西医科大学 is a prestigious world class public research institution of medical sciences located in Chengdu Sichuan China West China Medical Center Sichuan University四川大学华西医学中心Former nameWest China Union University 1910 1951 West China University 1951 1953 Sichuan Medical College 1953 1985 West China University of Medical Sciences 1985 2000 Motto仁智 忠勇 清慎 勤和 Chinese TypePublicEstablishedMarch 11 1910 1910 03 11 114 years ago Parent institutionSichuan UniversityPresidentYanrong Li 李言荣LocationChengdu Sichuan China31 33 19 N 105 59 45 E 31 555161 N 105 995727 E 31 555161 105 995727CampusUrbanWebsitewcums scu edu cn Museum of the West China College of Stomatology which has a 100 year history The institution was founded as the private West China Union University 華西協合大學 by Western missionaries in 1914 being the earliest modern comprehensive university with medical sciences education in China It once conducted dual degree MD DMD BA and BS programs with the State University of New York since 1920s and 1930s In 1938 the university was accredited by the United States National Board of Medical Examiners As of 1949 the university held four colleges specializing in arts science medical sciences and dentistry with 26 academic departments 2 professional studies departments and 7 affiliated teaching hospitals 1 In 1951 after the Chinese Civil War the Sichuan Provincial People s Government took over the university renaming it as the public West China University 華西大學 Under a higher education institution reformation plan directed by the Central People s Government of China the university was deprived of other academic departments and turned into Sichuan Medical College 四川医学院 with sole focus on medical studies in 1953 The college was upgraded as West China University of Medical Sciences 华西医科大学 in 1985 Under another reformation ordered by the State Council the university was incorporated into Sichuan University in 2000 and named the West China Medical Center Sichuan University 2 The institution nowadays holds five schools and four affiliated teaching hospitals Five schools include School of Basic and Forensic Medicine School of Clinical Medicine School of Nursing School of Dentistry School of Public Health and School of Pharmacy Four affiliated teaching hospitals respectively concentrate on comprehensive medical sciences women and children s health dentistry and occupational disease treatment Every school and teaching hospital is prefixed with the name West China 3 The institution is now sponsored by the Ministry of Education of China The West China Hospital Sichuan University the institution s principal affiliated teaching hospital is consistently ranked in the top 3 hospitals in China and the largest comprehensive hospital in the world 4 5 6 7 Contents 1 History 2 Overview 2 1 Partnerships 2 2 Recognition 3 Affiliated hospitals 4 Notable alumni 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References 8 External linksHistory editMain article West China Union University nbsp The stele with the words West China Union University inscribed on it The West China Union College was co founded by American Baptist Foreign Mission Society American Methodist Episcopal Mission Friends Foreign Mission Association and Canadian Methodist Mission in 1910 8 9 Dr O L Kilborn Dr R G Kilborn and Dr William Reginald Morse played key roles in its formation The university s medical school was founded in 1914 and taught basic medicine and clinical medicine biomedicine and stomatology Three years later the school became the first to teach dentistry in China In 1924 women were admitted to the college as a whole Helen Yoh was the first woman to graduate medical school On September 23 1933 West China Union University was registered with the Provincial Board of Education In 1941 the East West Cultural Agency a foreign exchange student program for distinguished scholars and staff members was created with the University of Cambridge and Oxford University nbsp Historical campus building In 1951 the school was renamed to West China University and then to Sichuan Medical College in 1953 In 1985 the school changed its name to West China University of Medical Sciences It merged with Sichuan University in 2000 and became the West China Medical Center of Sichuan University Overview editWest China Medical Center of Sichuan University is situated in Chengdu in the downtown area on the banks of Jin River As one of the top five medical schools in China the Center consists of five colleges 10 West China College of Basic and Forensic Medicine of Sichuan University West China School of Medicine of Sichuan University West China College of Stomatology of Sichuan University West China School of Public Health of Sichuan University West China School of Pharmacy of Sichuan University The center offers bachelor masters and doctorate degrees Of more than 3 000 students about one half of the students are in the bachelor s program and the rest are in the advanced programs 9 According to China s University and College Admission System in 2012 the center was an A level rated school and the only Cochrane Center or evidence based medical center in Asia It is one of only 15 of such centers in the world The Implementation of the project has won a national prize from the Ministry of Education Partnerships edit West China Medical Center of Sichuan University is a member of the Institute for International Medical Education IIME INCLEN International Clinical Epidemiology Network and International Network of universities 11 West China Medical Center of Sichuan University has cooperative agreements with 150 universities from 43 countries and regions such as the US the UK Canada the Netherlands Japan Germany Finland Taiwan Hong Kong and Australia 11 This includes University of Washington UCLA University of Michigan and 10 other universities from the US Glasgow University and 2 others from the UK and Waseda University Hiroshima University and University of Yamanashi from Japan Recognition edit West China Medical Center of Sichuan University is listed in the World Directory of Medical schools published by WHO The International Medical Education Directory IMED Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates ECFMG and the Foundation of International Medical Education and Research FAIMER Affiliated hospitals editWest China Medical Center of Sichuan University has four affiliated hospitals West China Hospital of Sichuan University is the largest hospital in China and the largest single site hospital in the world and is consistently ranked in the top three hospitals in China 4 12 13 14 West China Hospital has 36 clinical departments 15 medical technology departments and 25 open laboratories In 2011 more than 3 5 million patients visited the outpatient department 173 000 patients were discharged from inpatient departments and more than 93 900 operations were performed 15 There are 4 300 beds 9 The hospital employs 6100 permanent staff of which 550 are professors or associate professors The hospital offers 31 programs leading to doctorate degrees doctorate programs in clinical medicine and post doctoral programs in clinical and basic medicines The hospital has 1 state laboratory 2 key laboratories of the Ministry of Education 9 key disciplines of Ministry of Education 2 disciplines with the national 211 Project 5 key programs of Ministry of Health 16 key disciplines and 25 provincial level key laboratories 16 West China Women s and Children s Hospital of Sichuan University or West China Second Hospital of Sichuan University has 600 beds 9 It was founded in 1988 on the basis of Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics and the Department of Pediatrics in the West China Hospital West China Women s and Children s Hospital is under the immediate supervision of Ministry of Health of China The title Baby Friendly Hospital was awarded by the Ministry of Health and WHO The hospital contains China Birth Defect Monitoring Center the Prenatal Research Center and the Emergency Center for Acute Respiratory Tract Infection in Children It was Awarded the Top Tertiary Hospital in 1998 17 West China Women s and Children s Hospital s ob gyns and pediatrics is rated as National Key Disciplines The staff consists of 406 members of whom 61 are professors 78 are associate professors 17 In 2011 the hospital served 3 5 million outpatients and emergency patients and performed 22 500 surgeries and 7600 deliveries 17 West China Hospital of Stomatology of Sichuan University was founded in 1985 It is considered the cradle of modern stomatology in China The hospital annually serves 400 000 patients in outpatients clinics and 3000 patients in inpatients wards The hospital has a capacity of 220 dental chairs and its staff consists of 507 staff members 18 No 4 West China Teaching Hospital was founded in 1917 It is the only specialized hospital for occupational diseases among all the medical universities in China 19 Notable alumni editXia Liangcai a noted oral medicine educator and one of the founders citation needed See also editProtestantism in Sichuan Anglicanism in Sichuan Methodism in Sichuan Wuhan University Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyNotes editReferences edit 四川大学档案馆 馆藏华西协合大学档案指南 Sichuan University Archives Guide to Collections of West China Union University and medical school PDF Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis Sichuan University Archives Office of School History June 2013 Archived PDF from the original on 2021 04 21 Retrieved 2022 04 19 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint date and year link 历史沿革 West China Medical Center Sichuan University Archived from the original on 2022 04 19 Retrieved 2022 04 19 West China Medical Center 华西医学中心简介 West China Medical Center Sichuan University Archived from the original on 2022 08 08 Retrieved 2022 04 19 a b West China Hospital West China Hospital Sichuan University ranks the first among all Chinese hospitals for four consecutive years in science amp technology influence PR Newswire Press release PR Newswire Association LLC Archived from the original on 3 May 2021 Retrieved 11 January 2019 Ma Xiaobei 2016 China s Hospital Rankings Released Information Worth Reading CN Healthcare Beijing CN Healthcare Information amp Technology Co Ltd Archived from the original on 3 May 2021 Retrieved 11 January 2019 Xu Qing 2017 China Hospital Science and Technology Influence Ranking newly released CN Healthcare Beijing CN Healthcare Information amp Technology Co Ltd Archived from the original on 1 May 2021 Retrieved 11 January 2019 科室动态 四川大学华西医院 四川大学华西医院 West China Hospital Sichuan University Archived from the original on 2020 10 13 Retrieved 2022 04 19 West China Union University library vicu utoronto ca Retrieved 16 September 2022 a b c d West China School of Medicine Sichuan University University of Massachusetts Medical School Archived from the original on 5 December 2013 Retrieved 2 December 2013 About Us Official website of the Center Archived from the original on 3 January 2016 Retrieved 20 January 2016 a b 庆阳铱喝汽车维修投资有限公司 Archived from the original on 2014 08 23 Retrieved 2014 06 05 Ma Xiaobei 2016 China s Hospital Rankings Released Information Worth Reading CN Healthcare Beijing CN Healthcare Information amp Technology Co Ltd Archived from the original on 3 May 2021 Retrieved 11 January 2019 Xu Qing 2017 China Hospital Science and Technology Influence Ranking newly released CN Healthcare Beijing CN Healthcare Information amp Technology Co Ltd Archived from the original on 1 May 2021 Retrieved 11 January 2019 Tuesday 26 November 2013 Archived from the original on 21 September 2020 Retrieved 5 June 2014 About us West China Hospital Sichuan University http eng cd120 com a aboutus Archived 2013 10 27 at the Wayback Machine West China School of Medicine West China Hospital of Sichuan University eng cd120 com Archived from the original on 2013 05 08 a b c IntroductionWest China the second hospital en motherchildren com Archived from the original on 2012 12 15 Archived copy Archived from the original on 2010 12 02 Retrieved 2014 06 05 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link http eng cd120 com a aboutu dead link External links editOfficial website West China School of Medicine West China Hospital Archived 2013 10 27 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title West China Medical Center amp oldid 1219567937, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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