An evaluation of the present situation of bilingual teaching in eight-year M.D. program and a vista for possible reformative schemes

Abstract

Bilingual teaching is a necessary product in the field of both English teaching and profes - sional courses teaching induced directly by a purpose to catch up with international education level during the process of educational reforms. Yet few researches launched to study possible ways which may improve the curriculum model have been reported in the last five years. In order to follow up the previous studies and present fresh ideas as well as conclusions, this survey reflects the current status of bilingual teaching in eight-year M.D. program from the perspectives of both the teachers and students via questionnaire analysis together with face to face interviews. Moreover, our survey expresses underlying deficiencies of this teaching system from brand-new aspects which have never been discussed before along with their corresponding solutions objectively. Key words: Clinical medicine; Bilingual teaching in eight-year program; Present situation; Existing problems; Possible solutions