Human Capital and Innovation Ability in Medical Education: An Empirical Study

Zhi-Wang Qian; Gang Huang

doi:10.12973/eurasia.2017.01008a

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Zhi-Wang Qian ¹, Gang Huang ¹ ^*

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¹ Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, CHINA^* Corresponding Author

Abstract

In such a rapidly changing era, technologies are faster than those in the past. To cope with environmental changes and rising consumer knowledge, the business environment in medical industry is facing violent changes, and high competition appears in medical industry. Medical industry has to strive for sustainable management or promote the competitiveness. Aiming at a hospital in Shanghai city, the managerial level, physicians, and employees in the primary hospital of School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, are distributed 300 copies of questionnaire. Total 238 valid copies are retrieved, with the retrieval rate 79%. The research results conclude the positive relations between 1.organizational learning and human capital, 2.human capital and innovation ability, and 3.organizational learning and innovation ability. According to the results, suggestions are eventually proposed, expecting to assist domestic medical industry in promoting the organization innovation ability.

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medical education
Organizational Learning
human capital
innovation ability

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Qian, Z.-W., & Huang, G. (2017). Human Capital and Innovation Ability in Medical Education: An Empirical Study. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 13(8), 5395-5403. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.01008a

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Qian ZW, Huang G. Human Capital and Innovation Ability in Medical Education: An Empirical Study. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2017;13(8):5395-403. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.01008a

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Qian ZW, Huang G. Human Capital and Innovation Ability in Medical Education: An Empirical Study. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2017;13(8), 5395-5403. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.01008a

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Qian, Zhi-Wang, and Gang Huang. "Human Capital and Innovation Ability in Medical Education: An Empirical Study". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2017 13 no. 8 (2017): 5395-5403. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.01008a

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Qian, Z.-W., and Huang, G. (2017). Human Capital and Innovation Ability in Medical Education: An Empirical Study. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 13(8), pp. 5395-5403. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.01008a

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Qian, Zhi-Wang et al. "Human Capital and Innovation Ability in Medical Education: An Empirical Study". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 13, no. 8, 2017, pp. 5395-5403. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.01008a