Study on the characteristics of personnel structure of American medical colleges and its enlightenment to China: based on academic ranking of world universities

doi:10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-677X.2019.10.003

Abstract

Abstract: Objective To explore the relationship between the personnel quantity structure and medical college rankings in America and get inspirations.The personnel quantity structure referred to structures of both students and teachers and clinical teachers and teachers in basic medicine.Methods The personnel data released by Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the college rankings released by Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) were combined for analysis.Golden section was used to stratify the rankings.Results Both the quantity of students and total teachers in different rankings showed no significant difference,while difference is significant in clinical teachers and teachers in basic medicine.The median ratio of top 500 colleges student-teacher was 0.52∶1.The lower it was,the higher the ranking tended to be.The median ratio of the number of clinical teachers to basic medical ones was 7.68∶1.The higher the ratio was,the higher the ranking tended to be.Conclusions Medical education in America showed the leading position of the world.The personnel structure could be used for references in the development of Chinese medical education.China can try to give key support to high level medical colleges to promote the development of the whole medical field.Attention should be paid to the quantity of teachers to ensure the quality of medical elite status.When it comes to clinical-basic ratio,historical and realistic conditions of colleges should be combined.

Key words: Student-teacher ratio, Personnel structure, Clinical medicine, College rankings, America

CLC Number:

R-05
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Li Wenzhuo, Wu Hongbin, Wang Weimin. Study on the characteristics of personnel structure of American medical colleges and its enlightenment to China: based on academic ranking of world universities[J]. Chinese Journal of Medical Education, 2019, 39(10): 732-737.

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