University forges healthy link to China with training scheme
EDINBURGH University will help train Chinese health professionals as part of a new partnership project.
The programme is a collaboration between NHS Scotland, the university, China's ministry of health and pharmaceutical giant Asiapharm. It was unveiled by education secretary Fiona Hyslop in Shanghai yesterday.
The medical training scheme for hospital managers and pharmacists in China – funded by the Chinese partners – will see Edinburgh University helping to design courses and providing lecturers.
It will also see NHS Scotland providing guidance, monitoring training programmes and co-ordinating lecturers from other Scottish institutions to support the programme.
Ms Hyslop said: "Forging stronger ties with China in education, science research and business will benefit us both.
"Scotland has a proud history of medical research and innovation – from the pioneering use of chloroform to the development of penicillin – and we are committed to maintaining our position as a global leader in life sciences.
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