Advanced Training Admissions Brochure
The Hospital of Stomatology, Sun Yat-sen University (Guanghua School of Stomatology) is a stomatological teaching hospital of a key university directly under the Ministry of Education, a hospital under the direct administration of the National Health Commission, and among the first group of National Regional Medical Centers for Stomatology jointly developed by the Commission and Guangdong Province. The hospital operates 720 dental chairs and 120 inpatient beds, and comprises 14 clinical departments and 8 medical technology departments. It is home to eight national key clinical specialties, achieving full coverage of national key clinical specialty development in stomatology. With the time-honored Yuexiu Campus, the newly launched Tianhe Campus, and the Nansha Campus poised for takeoff, the three campuses advance in synergy, jointly building a new hub of oral healthcare in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
The hospital has a workforce of over 1,300 faculty and staff. Among its physicians, 36% hold senior professional titles and 82% hold doctoral degrees. Committed to the prevention and treatment of oral diseases in the Greater Bay Area with first-class techniques, high-quality services, and modern facilities, the hospital has earned the highest rating (A) among specialized dental hospitals in the national performance monitoring of tertiary public hospitals for seven consecutive years, and is accelerating its development into an international center of stomatology that is rooted in Guangdong, collaborates with Hong Kong and Macao, and faces the world.
To better cultivate and deliver oral health professionals, the hospital hereby announces the arrangements for the enrollment of advanced trainees as follows:
I. Eligibility
1. Personnel from overseas.
2. Graduates in stomatology or dentistry who have passed the National Licensed Physician Examination in stomatology and obtained a practicing certificate may apply for advanced clinical training.
3. Graduates in nursing who have passed the National Nurse Licensing Examination and obtained a nurse practicing certificate may apply for advanced nursing training.
4. Graduates of medical colleges or schools engaged in stomatology-related work may apply for advanced training in the hospital’s medical technology departments.
5. Those engaged in teaching at medical schools or teaching hospitals may apply for advanced training in the hospital’s relevant teaching and research sections.
6. Those engaged in administrative work at medical schools or teaching hospitals may apply for advanced training in the hospital’s administrative departments.
II. Departments of Advanced Training and Duration
1. Advanced clinic training is available in the following departments: Endodontics; Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Inpatient Ward or Outpatient Clinic); Prosthodontics; Orthodontics; Oral medicine; Oral Implantology; Pediatric Dentistry; Periodontics; Preventive Dentistry; Emergency and Comprehensive Dentistry; the Dongpu Outpatient Clinic; and the Zhujiang New Town Outpatient Clinic.
Programs are offered in three durations. The 3-month program runs in four cycles each year: January–March, April–June, July–September and October–December. The 6-month program runs in two cycles: January–June and July–December. The 12-month program runs over the full calendar year, from January to December.(See Attachment 1 for details.)
2. Advanced training in nursing, medical technology departments, teaching and research sections, and administrative departments lasts from 1 to 6 calendar months.
Ⅲ. Documents to Be Submitted
1. Physicians applying for clinical advanced training must submit: the corresponding Application Form for Advanced Training, Hospital of Stomatology, Sun Yat-sen University (printed double-sided on A4 paper, with the comments of the sending institution completed and its official seal affixed); a photocopy of the Physician Qualification Certificate; a photocopy of the Physician Practicing Certificate; a photocopy of the highest degree certificate; a photocopy of the professional title certificate.
2. Copy of the biographical page of your valid ordinary passport
3. Employment verification letter
4. Recommendation letters
5. Medical examination report issued by a formal medical institution in your home country within the past six months, including infectious disease screening items
6. Certificate of no criminal record (valid for six months from the date of issuance)
7. Proof of valid medical insurance and accident insurance covering your entire stay in China
8. If the official language of your country is neither Chinese nor English, you shall additionally submit a Chinese or English language proficiency certificate (e.g., HSK, IELTS, TOEFL score report, etc.)
Any document issued in a language other than Chinese or English must be accompanied by a certified translation into Chinese or English.
IV. Qualification Review and Admission
Please combine all application documents into a single PDF file and send it by email to stomabyh@126.com for preliminary review.
Only applicants who pass the preliminary review will be asked to mail the original hard-copy documents to the following address:
Continuing Education Affairs Office,
Hospital of Stomatology, Sun Yat-sen University,
74 Zhongshan 2nd Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province 510080, P. R. China
Tel: +86-20-87335363. Please mark the envelope "Application Documents for Advanced Training".
The letter of admission will be issued after the original paper documents have been received and verified.
V. Miscellaneous
1. Full introductions to clinical departments are available at the official website:
https://www.zdkqyy.com/en/patients_departments
2. Applicants who still have questions after carefully reading this brochure and the attached Frequently Asked Questions may send an email to stomabyh@126.com, with the subject line in the format of “Name – Advanced Training Program – Inquiry”.
3. The right of interpretation of this brochure belongs to the Hospital of Stomatology, Sun Yat-sen University.
