Innovation of medical education in Mongolia

Abstract

Aim: to study changes in medical education in Mongolia. Methods. An analytical review of the literature on medical education in Europe and the Pacific, comparing traditionaland modern methods of curriculum development. Description of the chronology of the introduction of modern educationalprograms in Mongolia. Result. The democratic changes of 1990 had affected all sectors of the country and Mongolian National Universityof Medical Sciences also went through massive changes during the transition period. Faculties and professionals of theuniversity focused on producing internationally qualified and regional needs met programs in the field. Within last decadeour university focused on curriculum development covering content and credit match analysis, alignment of curriculums,reordering courses to comprehensiveness, and promoting individual learning in order to meet the global standards and tobe recognized by the western pacific institutions. We have initiated medical curriculum reformation comparatively with European medical education and closely collaborated with Groningen University in Netherlands and Leeds University inUnited Kingdom from 1996. The new integrated curriculum has been implemented between 2000 to 2019. Conclusion. Medical education in Mongolia has undergone major reforms, culminating in the creation of a new integratedcurriculum.