The Characteristics of the Medical Curriculum System for Qualitative Research Methods at the University of Toronto and Its Implications

The University of Toronto in Canada has established a qualitative research center in the field of healthcare, forming a postgraduate curriculum system based on a critical paradigm. The curriculum system integrates the university's strengths, which is characterized by five key features: the curriculum concept emphasizing critical thinking, the curriculum goal focusing on conceptual innovation and competency development, the curriculum setting of integrated master's and doctoral course design, the curriculum implementation of innovative teaching with interdisciplinary interaction, and the process-oriented and diversified assessment approach. These curricular features provide important insights for reforming postgraduate methodology education in China's medical and health fields, particularly in developing new visions for medical postgraduate education, enhancing competency-based training, restructuring course organization, and advancing interdisciplinary integration within the framework of New Medical Sciences.