ABSTRACT
Medical education is in a state of perpetual change, and the current trend is directed towards the establishment of a competence-based and student-centered approach in order to meet future societal needs and produce highly competent professionals, both in China and the rest of the world. Specifically, current changes in medical education are centered on several major themes: curriculum integration, pedagogy, use of modern technology, assessment methods, and institutional support. During the change process, the professional bodies, the government, and the educational institutions play different roles in Western and Chinese contexts and therefore formulate different change approaches. Further, both Western and Chinese medical education systems are now encountering various challenges that will be further specified in this chapter.
