Dear Colleagues,
This special issue explores the evolving landscape of medical education through the lens of recent reforms, technological integration, and pedagogical innovations in East Asia, particularly focusing on China and Japan. These two countries have undertaken significant measures to modernize curricula, enhance clinical training, and incorporate artificial intelligence and digital platforms into the medical education system.
The issue will highlight cross-national perspectives, comparing models of undergraduate and postgraduate training, accreditation mechanisms, and the development of professional competencies. It also seeks to examine how cultural, political, and institutional contexts shape medical training and how best practices from these systems can inform global educational strategies—especially in countries undergoing reform or facing post-war reconstruction needs, such as Ukraine.
Article Types:
• Original research articles (qualitative and quantitative studies)
• Comparative and cross-cultural analyses
• Review articles on policy and reform in medical education
• Case studies (e.g., on AI integration, postgraduate training)
• Short communications from educators or medical institutions
• Perspective/opinion pieces on future trends in international medical education
Manuscript Submission Information
Authors should submit their manuscripts for the special issue by emailing them as an attachment to specialissue@hillpublish.com or by using the online submission system. The manuscript should be submitted by one of the authors, and submissions by anyone other than the authors will not be accepted. Additionally, the submitted manuscript should include a cover letter that specifies the special issue to which the manuscript is being submitted.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). The submitted papers should be properly formatted and written in fluent English. All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a double-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Guidelines page.