Since 2009, the WUMER Project has provided technical assistance for the reform of the Wuhan University Medical School curricula and pedagogy based on a modified version of the Pritzker School of Medicine Pritzker Initiative. Using both general and focused course surveys, we have explored the attitudes, knowledge, and beliefs of students and faculty towards reforms in courses in the basic sciences (Human Body; Cells, Molecules, and Genes; Tissue Structure and Function; Response to Injury; Clinical Pathophysiology and Treatment (CPPT); Clinical Skills and Early Patient Contact; Clinical Reasoning; and the Clinical Clerkships in Medicine, Surgery, Community and Family Medicine (General Practice), Pediatrics, Ob-Gyn, Neurology, and Psychiatry). More recently, the WUMER Project has provided technical assistance for the development of Residency Training Programs at the WUMS teaching hospitals. Several adjunctive activities have been initiated by WUMER's participating students and faculty, including characterization of mental health care and its medical curricular contents; description of geriatric and palliative care services and its medical curricular contents; and the use of traditional Chinese medicine in community health centers and its relationship to Western Medicine; investigation on the development of interdisciplinary studies such as Clinical Ethics, Communication Skills and Doctor-Patient Relationship. In some cases, separate IRB approval has been sought as part of these investigations, for example with infection control studies of gram negative bacteremia and C. Difficile infections in the teaching hospitals of Wuhan.

1) To assess faculty and student knowledge, attitudes and beliefs regarding medical school curriculum reforms and graduate medical education reforms;

2) To assess student performance on knowledge assessments in specific disciplines, and to compare performance in reform students compared to standard curriculum students.

Following verbal informed consent and an introduction to the survey, students and faculty complete 30-60 minute surveys regarding general and course-specific curriculum reforms. Specific questions related to the specific course are included. Faculty and student surveys are developed using ACGME and AAMC instruments with modifications for international use with collaboration from Wuhan faculty. Students also complete brief knowledge assessments in the course topic, and results are compared between the reform and the standard curriculum students. Students are requested to dedicate 2/3 of their time in Wuhan towards the SRP and WUMER goal of the project, and encouraged to pursue independent interests for the remaining 1/3 of their time.

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Medical Education Day; University of Chicago; Consortia of Universities in Global Health; Global Health Education Consortium; Wuhan University Medical Education Form