“Study in China”－The Second Clinical Thinking and Skills Competition of International Medical Students）was held in Dalian Medical University on October 13, 2018. The competition was jointly sponsored by the Foreign Student Management Branch of China, Association of Higher Education and Dalian Medical University. 120 undergraduate students from 28 countries from 30 colleges and universities participated in the competition. The competition was highly concerned by the social media. Guangming Daily, Central People's Radio, China Daily, Liaoning Daily, Dalian TV Station, Dalian Daily and other media conducted on-site interviews and reports on the competition. The contest was also broadcast live through the Internet, and viewers at home and abroad can watch the scene in real time through mobile phones.
The competition is divided into preliminary and final. The competition is a track-style competition. The competition covers internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, infection, first aid and other subjects. The events include cardiopulmonary resuscitation, abdominal puncture, feeding children, dressing changes and so on. The final simulation is the first aid of the injured in a car accident. All of the contest topics are real clinical cases in English, focusing on examining the medical clinical thinking, patient-centered humanistic care, communication skills with patients and standardized clinical practice of foreign medical students in China.
From medical school, four foreign students (VENKATACHALAM RADHAMANI DINESH KUMAR, NAIDU SUGANYA BABURAMESH, ILANCHELIAN PRIYADHARSHINI, CHANDPARA PRAKASHKUMAR PUNABHAI) were selected to participate in the competition. They showed the elegant demeanor of medical students from Jiangsu University in China with calm and concerted efforts. They won the "Best Organization Award" and "Merit Team Award" and NAIDU SUGANYA BABURAMESH won the single prize in "Excellent Skills of Obstetrics and Gynecology".
The School of Medicine attaches great importance to the competition, and has been greatly assisted by the Affiliated Hospital, Affiliated People's Hospital and other units, from the selection of team members, training programs to site coordination, logistic support and other work has given full support. Through this competition, we have a better exchange with our counterparts in the country, but also found some of their own shortcomings and gaps. The Medicine School will take this competition as an opportunity to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with other colleges and universities, firmly establish the core position of clinical skills training in international medical education, promote teaching and learning by competition, and strive to improve the quality of international medical students.
