A Brief Introduction to The Medical College of Hunan Normal University
    Situated on the bank of Xianjia Lake in the Yuelu District of Changsha City, the Medical College of Hunan Normal University is an ideal place for study with its quiet and beautiful campus. The college enjoys a long history that can be traced to Xiang Ya Nursing School established by Dr. Hu Mei from America in 1911. Since then the college has been developing step by step,it was firstly named as Senior Nursing School Attached to Xiang Ya School of Medicine, then Xiang Ya Nursing School, Hunan Nursing School, Hunan Medical School and Hunan Medical College for Hygienic Workers and Staff Members. In March,1989, in order to fill the margin of medical education on higher level, the school was renamed as Hunan Medical College with the permission of the State Commission of Education. The total area of the college proper is 554 mu, of which the area of the campus is 121 mu, the area of Xiang Dong Hospital is 351 mu, the area of Changsha Hospital is 40 mu, and the area of Zhang Jiajie Hospital is 42 mu. And the total building area is 25o,ooo square meters, of which the area for teaching is 32,000 square meters, the area of students dormitory is 34,000 square meters, the area for clinical medicine is 48,000 square meters (with another clinical building area of 20,000 square meters is being built). The total value of its equipment is over 65,000,000 yuan, of which the total value of teaching equipment is more than 17,000,000 yuan and the total value of medical equipment is more than 41,000,000 yuan. There are 50 clinical educational bases, of which there are three hospitals are attached to the medical college with 1410 beds and 1350 staff members, and there are 11 teaching hospital and 36 practice bases. The college has a total of 352 teaching staff, who are not only professional but morally excellent, of whom 16 are professors, 62 associate professors. In the three hospitals, there are 1829 staff members with 29 professors and 107 associated professors. The college has seven specialities: clinical medicine, preventive medicine, pharmacology, clinical laboratory, medical image, nursing and the health of maternity and children. Authorized by Hunan Education Commission, pharmacology and clinical laboratory are the key constructive specialities, and biochemistry and anatomy are key subjects of the provincial level. The college has set up seven laboratories, one educational technology center, and five scientific research offices. The seven laboratories are medical morphology, medical functions, chemistry, clinical medicine, clinical laboratory, pharmacology and preventive medicine laboratory. The five scientific research offices are: immunohisto_chemistry, parasitology, sugar compounds, cardiovascular pharmacology and hygienic toxicology. In the recent decade, the staff of the college has published over 1500 articles, of which more than twenty articles are included in the International Searching System. And the college has published 25 monographs and teaching materials. In addition, the college has strengthened communication actively with other academic organizations and joined 26 national and provincial learning societies. The college journal has become public academic publication with international and national publishing number. In the library, there are 150,000 books, of which more than 110,000 digital books and mirror image website. There are also electronic reading room, network center, modern educational technology center and nine multi-media classrooms. In 1998, in the College Teaching Evaluation organized by the State Commission of Education, our college is the first to have passed the qualified appraisal among the 11 colleges in our country. In 1999, four teaching hospital passed the Evaluation of Clinical Teaching Bases, four teaching laboratories passed the Evaluation of Basic Laboratories. In 1999, the college is evaluated as “Hunan Provincial Civilized Higher School”. In 1999, our college established a training base of postgraduate courses with Tongji Medical University. In 2000, the college was awarded as “ Hunan Provincial Civilized Higher School” again by Hunan Provincial Work Union of Colleges and Universities and Hunan Education Commission. The college also has joint programs with Marshall University in West Virginia of America, Xiang Ya School of Medicine of Center South University and the Medical College of Nan Hua University. So far we have had both training and undergraduate courses. In 2001, the college began its undergraduate courses with Sheng Yang Pharmaceutical University. During the period of its 90 year’s history, the college has trained more than 20,000 qualified personnel in all.