1. Shantou University Medical College only has the First Affiliated Hospital and the Second Affiliated Hospital, but not the Third Affiliated Hospital.
2. The difference between the First Clinical Hospital of Shantou University (formal name: The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College) and the Second Clinical Hospital (formal name: The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College) is Key disciplines and dominant majors are different.
3. The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University School of Medicine:
The first-level discipline of clinical medicine is a dominant key discipline in Guangdong Province, with 20 provincial second- and third-level key disciplines, The coverage rate of key clinical specialties and key laboratories in the hospital is 100% in key units of provincial clinical disciplines. Among them, cardiovascular medicine is a key medical discipline in Guangdong Province’s “11th Five-Year Plan” and “12th Five-Year Plan” and a key clinical specialty in Guangdong Province. Obstetrics and gynecology is a key medical discipline in Guangdong Province’s “Twelfth Five-Year Plan”, including orthopedics, neurosurgery, neonatology, clinical nursing, neurology, endocrinology, emergency department, laboratory, pediatrics, thoracic surgery, nephrology, medical imaging, Ophthalmology, hematology, and general surgery are the key clinical specialties of Guangdong Province. The medical molecular imaging laboratory and the molecular cardiology laboratory are the key medical laboratories of Guangdong Province during the 12th Five-Year Plan. The Department of Reproductive Medicine is the first hospital in eastern Guangdong approved to carry out in vitro testing. It is an infertility diagnosis and treatment institution specializing in fertilization-embryo transfer and its derivative technologies; it is also a designated hospital for the treatment of childhood leukemia and congenital heart disease in Guangdong Province.
4. The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University School of Medicine:
It is one of the first batch of designated hospitals in the country for the "Rebirth Action" and the only non-profit hospital in the country for the national cochlear implant rescue rehabilitation project for impoverished deaf children. It is a designated hospital in the provincial capital city, and its multiple disciplines are "National Drug Clinical Trial Base", "Specialist Training Base", "Postdoctoral Mobile Station", as well as "National Quality Courses" and "Provincial Quality Courses". With strong medical technology and outstanding service characteristics, it is one of the modern hospitals with the strongest comprehensive clinical, scientific research and teaching capabilities in eastern Guangdong. Thirteen specialties including orthopedics, neonatology, critical care medicine, endocrinology, general surgery, urology, pathology, pediatrics, stomatology, burns, gastroenterology, medical imaging and emergency departments are key clinical specialties in Guangdong Province. Neurology Surgery is a key clinical specialty supported by Guangdong Province. Pediatrics is the "Quality Course of Guangdong Province", with the largest scale and the most complete set of professional disciplines in eastern Guangdong; the comprehensive strength of endocrinology ranks in the leading position in eastern Guangdong, and it is the Guangdong Provincial Diabetes Prevention and Treatment Research Center Shantou Center; the Cleft Lip and Palate Treatment Center is the national The first batch of designated institutions for the "Rebirth Action" and one of the five expert group members nationwide; the Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery is the designated institution for the cochlear implant rescue rehabilitation project of impoverished deaf children of the China Disabled Persons' Federation, providing language rehabilitation for deaf children in eastern Guangdong. Provide convenience; the medical imaging discipline is a "national quality course".
5. Shantou University School of Medicine now offers the clinical medicine major of the "5+3" undergraduate and master's integrated training model (including the joint training preparatory class of the Chinese University of Hong Kong) and the five-year clinical medicine major. One-year dental medicine major, four-year nursing major, with 5 affiliated hospitals (First Affiliated Hospital, Second Affiliated Hospital, Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Mental Health Center, International Ophthalmology Center) and 5 non-directly affiliated hospitals (Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Northern Guangdong People's Hospital, Shenzhen Longgang Central Hospital, Shenzhen Children's Hospital, Sanya People's Hospital of Hainan Province).