Chinese Journal of Medical Education ›› 2021, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (9): 769-774.DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn115259-20210223-00238

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Analysis of medical education policy texts in China from the perspective of policy tools

Guo Haichen1, Zhang Min1, Li Qinglin1, Zhang Shue1, Cao Depin1, Yang Libin2   

  1. 1Department of Medical Education Management, School of Health Management, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China;
    2Center for Higher Education Research and Teaching Quality Assessment, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China
  • Received:2021-02-23 Published:2021-08-31
  • Contact: Yang Libin, Email: yanglib@126.com, Tel: 0086-451-86669493

Abstract: Medical education policy is the criteria document guiding the development of medical education in China. The choice and application of medical education policy tools have direct impact on implementation the policy. Taking the national medical education policy documents from January 1, 2003 to September 30, 2020 as the research object, using the content analysis method and grounded theory to evaluate following categories by “building analysis framework, sample selection, text unit coding, classification and data analysis”so to make an overall investigation on China's medical education policy from the aspects of policy release time and quantity, policy instruments and policy value characteristics. The results show that there are different medical education policy issuing departments releasing documents with poor legal effect and uneven value characteristics, the use of policy instruments is mainly complementary. Therefore, suggestions are put forward as follows: to clarify the main body of policy content, improve the medical education system with innovative strategy and flexibility in application of policy instruments, so to promote a balanced development of the value characteristics of medical education policy.

Key words: Medical education, Policy instruments, Policy texts, Content analysis

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