Deepening the integration of industry and education has become an important measure to promote the development of higher education, and it is also an important part of cultivating skilled talents in the ophthalmology industry. As a leading ophthalmic medical group in China and the world in terms of hospital scale and medical capacity, Aier Ophthalmology is committed to the cause of human eye health, and spares no effort to pay attention to the long-term training of ophthalmic talents.
Since its establishment, Aier Ophthalmology has cooperated with a number of well-known universities and research institutions at home and abroad to jointly build an ophthalmology education and scientific research platform to cultivate more outstanding ophthalmic clinical medicine and research talents for the society.
In 2023, Aier Eye Hospital Group and Dalian Medical University signed a strategic cooperation agreement, under which the two sides will carry out in-depth cooperation in the joint training of ophthalmic talents, the construction of scientific research and experimental platforms, the creation of entrepreneurship and employment models, and the provision of social science education services, so as to innovate and build a new platform and new model of "school-enterprise" cooperation, jointly promote the integrated development of production, education, research and application, and write a new chapter in practical education
In the same year, Aier Ophthalmology also formally reached a strategic cooperation with Northeastern University to jointly build "Aier Eye Hospital Affiliated to Northeastern University" and "Aier Eye Research Institute of Northeastern University". This strategic cooperation will rely on the Liaoning Provincial General Hospital of Aier Ophthalmology - Liaoning Aier Eye Hospital. With the deepening of the cooperation between the two sides, the "Aier Eye Hospital Affiliated to Northeastern University" and "Aier Eye Research Institute of Northeastern University" jointly built by the two parties will carry out scientific research in the fields of medical imaging, medical informatization, medical artificial intelligence, and medical humanities. Through in-depth cross-integration, we will cultivate new discipline growth points and explore new ways to cultivate top-notch innovative talents through the combination of medicine and engineering.
It is worth mentioning that after more than 20 years of development, Aier Ophthalmology has grown into an ophthalmic hospital group with global scale and high-quality medical capabilities, with a medical service network covering nearly 3 billion people in Asia, the United States and Europe. At the same time, Aier Ophthalmology has built a three-dimensional "nine institutes, three stations, two bases, three centers, and one platform" medical, teaching and research integrated innovation platform system, which continues to promote the basic research and technological innovation of ophthalmology, visual science, and cutting-edge and clinical application technologies of various subspecialties, and has become a pioneer in school-enterprise cooperation in the field of ophthalmology and medical care in China.
Set sail to meet the waves and bravely stand at the head of the tide on a new voyage," said Chen Bang, chairman of Aier Ophthalmology Group, a hundred years of Aier, talent first. Up to now, Aier Ophthalmology has reached strategic cooperation with more than 10 universities in China, committed to the long-term training of ophthalmic talents, created a professional and technical talent education and training mechanism, opened up the whole process of talent training and incubation system from undergraduate to postdoctoral, and provided inexhaustible power for the implementation of the mission of "enabling all people, whether rich or poor, to enjoy the right to eye health".