STM publisher Elsevier has announced a new initiative for the Chinese market which involves the establishment of a strategic collaboration with Peking University Health Science Center School of Distance Learning for Medical Education (PUHSC). Beijing MEDTIME Technology Development Co., Ltd, a company affiliated to PUHSC, and Elsevier signed an agreement to form a joint venture to provide education services to Peking University Health Science Center School of Distance Learning. Additionally, Elsevier and PUHSC have set up a Development Fund for Senior Management to lay a solid basis for sustainable development.
Peking University Health Science Center claims to be one of the top domestic medical education brands in China. Its School of Distance Learning for Medical Education is one of the only five units that are licensed by the Chinese Ministry of Health to provide online CME to health professionals.
The partnership between Elsevier and PUHSC aims to provide top standard education to China's professionals and fully bring PUHSC's high academic base into play. Moreover, this partnership provides global perspectives by adopting Continuing Medical Education (CME) materials from Western medical content and by introducing better and more current medical information resources into local programmes.
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