Cross-cultural Comparison of an American and a Taiwanese Medical School with Longstanding Institutional Ties

John C Lin; Sophia L Song; Shyh-Jou Shieh; Chun Hei Antonio Cheung; Hsiang-Chin Hsu; C James Sung; Paul B Greenberg

Cross-cultural Comparison of an American and a Taiwanese Medical School with Longstanding Institutional Ties

R I Med J (2013). 2023 Oct 2;106(9):23-27.

Authors

John C Lin¹, Sophia L Song², Shyh-Jou Shieh^{3

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6}, Chun Hei Antonio Cheung⁴, Hsiang-Chin Hsu⁵, C James Sung⁷, Paul B Greenberg⁶

Affiliations

¹ Watson Institute of International and Public Affairs and Division of Biology and Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI.
² Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI.
³ Chairman and Professor, School of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Professor and Attending Plastic Surgeon, Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, School of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
⁴ Professor, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine and Director, Division of Overseas Students and Scholars Services, Office of International Affairs, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
⁵ Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, School of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
⁶ Professor of Surgery (Ophthalmology), Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI; Associate Chief of Staff-Surgery, Providence VA Healthcare System, Providence, RI.
⁷ Professor and Vice Chair of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University; Chief of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Women & Infants Hospital, Providence, RI.

PMID: 37768158

Abstract

Cross-cultural medical education has been suggested to train students to care for diverse patient populations and reform medical education systems. In this article, the authors conduct a cross-cultural comparison between two medical schools with a long-standing relationship - the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in the United States and the School of Medicine of National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan - focusing on history, admissions, and curriculum.

Keywords: Cross-cultural medical education; Taiwan; United States; medical schools.

MeSH terms

Cross-Cultural Comparison
Curriculum
Education, Medical*
Education, Medical, Undergraduate*
Humans
Schools, Medical
United States
Universities