Education Overview

Following the path of medical education, the value of "seeking truth with prudence and being practical-minded" has witnessed the hospital taking on the responsibility of "training excellent doctors" for society. Over the past seventy years, the hospital has made tremendous efforts in the fields of student education, residency training, continuing education and refresher doctor training.

FAHZU offers undergraduate, postgraduate, standardized residency training, specialists training and continuing medical education and other programs. It is among the first National Demonstration Centers for Clinical Teaching and Training, the National Demonstration Base for Standardized Residency Training, the founding member of “China Elite Teaching Hospital Alliance” and Vice-chair of Clinical Practice Education Union of Hospitals Affiliated to Universities. It has 1 National Teaching Team, 2 National-level High-quality Sharing Courses, 1 National-level Outstanding Open Video Course and 23 National Official Textbooks with FAHZUers as editors or associate editors. Master’s degrees and doctorates in 6 specialties and 30 subspecialties are awarded with the support of 105 doctoral advisors and 302 Master’s supervisors. It also has 22 National Standardized Residency Training Bases, 8 National Standardized Specialist Training Pilot Bases, 2 National Continuing Education Bases, and 2 senior doctor training programs jointly accredited by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong.

1st National Demonstration Center for Clinical Teaching and Training

National Demonstration Base for Standardized Residency Training

Institutional Member of China Consortium of Elite Teaching Hospitals for Residency Education

Vice-chair of the Union of Clinical Practice Education in Affiliated Hospitals of Universities

National Teaching Base for Continuing Medical Education

Training Base jointly accredited by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong

1 National Teaching Team (Surgery)

2 National High Quality Sharing Courses (Infectious Diseases & General Surgery)

1 National Quality Open Course (Liver Transplant)

2 Zhejiang Provincial Quality Courses (Internal Medicine & Dermatology)

3 First Prizes of Teaching Achievement Award in Zhejiang Province

16 Provincial and National Teaching Projects such as“Development of Modern Medical Professionals”of the Academy of Engineering

Clinical Skill Center

The Clinical Skill Center, located in the Daxue Road Research and Education Center, covers a total area of 2,500 square meters. The Center is affiliated with the Hospital’s Teaching Department, which includes Basic Skill Training Room, Comprehensive Skill Training Room, AHA Training Center, Minimally Invasive Surgery Training Center, OSCE Assessment Station, etc. There are more than 200 teachers specialized in various kinds of clinical skills. It is open to the whole faculty including medical students, graduate students, residents and specialists. The Center provides the Hospital with multi-discipline skill training and assessment, basic and advanced life support training (BLS, ACLS and PALS) accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA), minimally invasive surgery skill training, clinical thinking training sessions, public welfare training, etc. In 2019, more than 7000 people have participated in over 220 skill training and assessments. In addition, a 4000-square meter international medical center with a clinical skill center is under construction, which will develop into a world-class multi-discipline medical simulation training and assessment base featuring all-round, overall and complete management.