The George Institute, Beijing and the Shanghai Jiao Tong Medical School (China)

• Outgoing University of Sydney ELECTIVE students
• Outgoing University of Sydney INDEPENDENT LEARNING ACTIVITY students
• Incoming Shanghai elective students

Outgoing University of Sydney ELECTIVE students to China (Dec 2009 - Feb 2010)

This elective exchange placement is for up to two students in Stage 4 in 2008. Students will have the opportunity to spend four weeks in Beijing, based at the China office of the George Institute for International Health and four weeks in Shanghai at the Renji Hospital of Shanghai Jiao Tong Medical School. Students in Stream 4 2009 can apply for this elective but should be flexible. We will do our best to arrange what we can.

The George Institute for International Health

The George Institute China is an affiliated research centre of the School of Public Health at the University of Sydney. They also have an affiliation with the Peking University Health Sciences Center, one of the top medical schools in China.

During this part of the elective placement, students will be able to work with local researchers on one of the Institute’s research projects, which include clinical trials in cardiovascular disease and injury prevention.

The University of Sydney’s Faculties of Health also has some shared office space in this facility. The Dean has offered a $3,000 George Institute China scholarship for one student during this placement which will be awarded by the selection panel to the best applicant. Students may need to find their own accommodation in Beijing for this period but some assistance may be obtained from staff at the George Institute Office China. In 2008-09, Trevor Ma and Jeffery Liang are the first students to undertake this placement.

Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong Medical School

In 2007, the University of Sydney entered an important partnership with the Shanghai Jiao Tong Medical School, which will be commencing an English language stream within its eight-year combined medicine-doctoral research program.

University of Sydney students will ‘partnered’ with students from the English program and will have the opportunity to be attached to a range of sub-specialty areas which can be nominated at the time of application.

The Renji Hospital was originally opened in 1844 but students will be placed in the new hospital in the Pudong district which houses the main teaching facilities, a 1,000 bed hospital and an adjacent paediatric and maternity hospital.
Student accommodation will be provided at the hospital at no cost.

University of Sydney student enquiries:
Dr Lyndal Trevena – Sub-Dean (International)
Email:

Outgoing University of Sydney Independent Learning Activity students

As part of the partnership between the University of Sydney Faculty of Medicine and Shanghai Jiao Tong Medical School, up to two students can undertake a Clinical Independent Learning Activity at the Renji Hospital Shanghai. Applications will be called for during the early part of 2009 via a bulletin and will be open to Med 1 and Med 2. The placement will be for four to eight weeks and must take place during the December-February period.

In 2008-09, Jennifer Li from Med 1 and Kevin Wang from Med 2 went to Renji Hospital as the first Independent Learning Activity student placements.

Incoming Shanghai elective students to University of Sydney in 2009

Senior elective clinical placements: The medical school at Shanghai Jiao Tong will nominate up to two senior students from the Renji Hospital English language stream class to undertake up to eight weeks of clinical placement at the University of Sydney during September-October 2008. Students should nominate a speciality area of interest and every effort will be made to accommodate these preferences. It is possible that campus-based accommodation may be available for these students.

Junior student PBL attachments: Up to two students will be nominated to attend one block of PBL teaching (Respiratory Block) during July-August 2009. It is also possible that campus-based accommodation may be available for these students.

In 2008, Tu Lin and Huang Xioajun completed the respiratory block at the University of Sydney and Tang Shuang and Zhang Ting completed clinical placements at RPA Hospital in renal medicine and cardiology.

For further information about both types of placements, contact Professor Zhang Yong, Director of the International Exchange Office, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Medical School, email: