Insist on Reform and Innovation, To Achieve the New Development of Eight-year Medical Education

Since 2001, in order to speed up the cultivation of top-notch and innovative medical talents, China has established an eight-year medical educational program in some universities, which has achieved remarkable results after years of exploration. Based on the summary of the existing achievements, taking the reformed practice of Peking Union Medical College as an example, this paper systematically expounds how to reform and innovate more vigorously and promote the accelerated development of eight-year medical education in China in the new development stage. It stresses that we should make greater progress in the accuracy of training, the advanced nature of the training mode and the integrity of training system, in order to form a high-level eight-year medical educational system with Chinese characteristics, and play a greater role in the cultivation of top-notch and innovative medical talents.