Binzhou Medical University Hospital was opened in October, 1977 and it was rated at third-grade class-A in May, 1995. In December, 2015, it became one of the first seven provincial-level regional medical centers in Shandong Province. In July, 2020, part of the original School of Clinical Medicine merged with the Hospital into the First School of Clinical Medicine. The Hospital always put emphasis on medical treatment, teaching and scientific research and has made fast and solid progress in all aspects, with a result of firmly taking the central position of medical treatment, teaching, scientific research, rehabilitation and emergency in the Yellow River Delta region. The hospital covers an area of 133,000 square meters with the total fixed assets amounts to RMB 2.56 billion yuan. The hospital possesses 196 pieces of professional equipment worth RMB 1.15 billion yuan, each values over RMB one million yuan, such as PET-CT.
The Hospital pays close attention to medical quality management to improve the level of diagnosis and treatment services. It vigorously advocates independent innovation and cultivates the development of 10 types of advanced medical technologies, such as artificial intelligence, medical robotics, surgery without traces, ultra-microsurgery, tissue and organ transplantation, organ function support, 3D printing and precision treatment, stem cell and gene therapy, rapid rehabilitation, new mode of early diagnosis and treatment of tumors, leading the way in diagnosis and treatment of difficult, critical, complex and rare diseases in the Yellow River Delta Region. The Hospital has promoted the construction of “Six Centers” comprehensively, constantly improved in-hospital multidisciplinary collaboration and the process of treating patients with acute and critical illnesses and launched a national advanced stroke center, a provincial trauma center, and a provincial standardized cancer treatment ward.
The School (Hospital) follows the law of medical education and talent growth, and fully carries forward the excellent teaching tradition of passing on, helping and leading. It has 3 national specialties of higher education, 5 provincial specialties, 8 first-class undergraduate specialties, 1 provincial demonstration center on experimental teaching, 13 provincial high-quality courses, and 1 digital high-quality course for continuing education. What’s more, the Clinical Medicine has been approved as provincial advantageous and featured construction discipline. It has three first-level master's degree authorized disciplines, including clinical medicine, nursing and medical technology and 29 secondary-level master's degree authorized disciplines. Among the faculty, there are two national excellent teachers, four provincial famous teachers and two excellent teachers. As for students, there are 3,300 undergraduates and 376 postgraduates. In the past five years, the School (Hospital) has undertaken 21 national scientific research projects, 67 provincial and ministerial level scientific research projects. Besides, it has been awarded 89 provincial and ministerial, as well as departmental and bureau level scientific and technological prizes. What’s more, it has published 247 SCI-indexed papers and obtained 283 authorized patents.
The School (Hospital) has 4 Taishan scholars disciplines, 2 provincial medicine and health key disciplines, 3 provincial medicine and health key laboratories, 1 provincial and municipal key laboratory cultivation base, 22 provincial clinical key specialties and 3 provincial clinical high-quality and featured specialties. The Hospital is the stroke screening and prevention base of National Health Commission, the alliance unit of the National Early Gastrointestinal Cancer Prevention & Treatment Center, one of the founding unit of the National Orthopedic Surgery Robot Application Center, the first batch of MDT pilot hospitals for gastrointestinal tumors, the first batch of ERAS orthopedic pilot hospitals, and the first batch of hand function rehabilitation specialist training bases. As for faculty, there are more than 3,700 teachers, among which 588 have senior titles and 1,362 have doctoral or master’s degrees. Among all the staff, 4 teachers are special professors of Taishan Scholars, 4 are special professors of Taishan Scholars in clinical field and 4 experts are receiving special allowances from the State Council. What’s more, there are 13 winners of provincial key talent projects, such as young experts of Taishan Scholar and Qilu Health and Health Leading Talents, and 37 winners of municipal talent projects, such as Bohai Talent - Outstanding Contribution Experts.
The Hospital is the National Training Base for Ten Thousand Nursing Talents, Standardized Training Base for Resident Physicians, Clinical Training Base for General Practitioners, Clinical Pharmacist Training Base, Shandong Province designated training institution for physicians to change scope of practice, township Standardized Training Base for General Practitioners, Rehabilitation Physician Training Base and Binzhou Rural Doctor Training Base. So far, the School (Hospital) has 25 national Standardized Training Bases for Resident Physicians and 2 provincial training bases for continuing education. It gives full play to the role of the provincial regional medical center, and united nearly 30 grassroots hospitals in the Yellow River Delta region to build a medical association. The Hospital led to establish 14 regional specialist alliances in the Yellow River Delta Region, covering more than 290 medical units in the region, which trained 8000 rural doctors for free and improved the medical technology and management level of primary medical institutions in the region. Long-term friendships have been tied with hospitals and academic institutions in many countries, such as the United States, Australia, Singapore and the United Kingdom. Nearly 400 professional and technical and management personnel have overseas study experience, and more than 100 internationally renowned experts have visited the hospital.
The Hospital insists on the nature of social welfare, and has won widespread praise from the society for its exquisite medical skills, standardized management and good image. It has been awarded the national Model Hospital for Improving Medical Services for 5 consecutive years, Civilized Unit of Shandong Province for 9 consecutive years, and has won many titles, such as Advanced Group of Health and Family Planning System and National People's Reliable Demonstration Hospital and China Humanistic Caring Hospital.
