Exploring and practicing “integrated residency and fellowship teaching rounds” in neurology

The standardized fellowship and the standardized residency training are important components of China's post-graduation medical education system. According to the national guidelines for standardized fellowship, it is necessary to establish a structured training system, which, together with residency training, forms a complete educational system. Therefore, further exploration is needed on effective integration of residency and fellowship in medical education and training, optimal utilization of teaching resources and faculty at training sites, and the establishment of teaching models that promote the coordinated development of resident and specialist training. The Department of Neurology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, has proposed and implemented an “integrated residency and fellowship teaching round model”, which involves specialists mentoring residents, facilitating mutual learning and professional growth for both groups. This article introduces the model with an aim to further enrich the content of fellowship and residency training, improve training quality, so as to comprehensively enhance the clinical teaching abilities of specialists and provide a reference for innovating postgraduate medical education models.