Indian Doctor siton:China replaces Russian-Indian students as preferred place

the Times of India on the 13th, "Indian doctors made in China." Reported that China has overtaken Russia as the hot spot for Indian students to study medicine abroadReported that this is mainly because Chinese universities have sufficient modern teaching equipment facilities and other resources, and low feesThe Times of India reported that in the 1980s and 1990s, the Association of Young Indian Students studying medicine overseas first chose Russian medical schoolsBut now China has taken its place as the preferred destination for Indian students to study medicine abroadLast year alone, nearly 3,000 Indian students went to major Chinese medical schools to studyReported that, in fact, Indian students choose to go to Chinese medical school medicine is not all plain sailing, at first also encountered some minor obstaclesIndian students who first went to China to study medicine have complained that some of the professors who can teach English in some medical schools cannot meet the demand and that the curriculum is not very scientificIn recent years, the Chinese government has accelerated the implementation of a series of reformmeasures in the light of the actual situation and designated 30 medical schools across the country to be qualified to accept foreign studentsFrom the first day of admission to the university, these 30 medical schools use English teaching throughoutIn the 2007-2008 academic year, only 24 of the 30 medical schools mentioned above enrolled foreign studentsIt is reported that these 24 schools in 2007 ? A total of 2,095 foreign students were enrolled in the academic year, 90 per cent of them from India and the other 10 per cent from Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Ghana and NigeriaThe Delhi Supreme Court ruled in 2003 that all Indian students studying abroad must first obtain a certificate from the Indian Medical Council (MCI)The Indian Medical Council issued a total of 1,595 certificates of conformity that year, and has been on a steady year-on-year trend since then: it increased to 2,500 in 2004 and further to 4,557 in 2006The Indian Medical Council points out that the vast majority of these students have chosen to study in China, while the number of students choosing to study in Russia is decreasingRussia is no longer popular with Indian students, mainly because its tuition fees are far higher than in ChinaCurrently, an Indian student needs only Rs 500,000 to 800,000 for an internationally accepted Bachelor of Clinical Medicine (MBBS) degree at the Chinese Medical CollegeWith the increasing number of young Indian students studying medicine in China, Indian sons are beginning to care about the quality of chinese medical schools and what level of teaching they are in the worldDespite the concerns expressed by the Indian Medical Council about the quality of teaching in some Chinese universities, the fact is that of the top 100 biomedical schools in the 2006 Times Higher Education Supplement (THES), three were selected, with Peking University in eighth place, Tsinghua University in seventh place and Nanjing University in 86th, and India's Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in the top 100Of the world's top 400 biomedical schools, seven were selected in China and only two in India were shortlisted in the 2007 Times Higher Education Supplement( THES)The vast majority of these world-class universities in China are included in 30 institutions of higher learning that admit foreign studentsDr ARN Setalvad, secretary-general of the Indian Medical Council, points out that because of the limitations of teaching equipment facilities, an Indian medical school can usually only admit 100 to 120 students at a time, while Chinese medical schools can enroll 200 to 300 or more students at a timeDr Setalvad says the cost of teaching in Chinese medical schools has been effectively controlled because of the relatively large size of enrollment"These universities operate on a scale that is completely beyond the imagination of New Delhi officials, " he saidTheir infrastructure is so large that it can accommodate more studentsIndian students studying in China agree, saying: "You'd be amazed if you saw the infrastructure here." It is fair to say that they are no less than, or even better, than the vast majority of private medical schools in IndiaThe level of teaching and internship training at Peking University and Shanghai Medical College far exceeds that of India's best All India Medical Science Institute (AIIMS)the Times of India concludes that some private medical schools in India are expensive, up to Rs 2m per school year, making Chinese medical schools a boon to India's middle class(Bell Rock)