History of the School of Continuing education:The school, responsible for continuing education, was founded in 1984. In 1985, the adult education office was established to manage the adult education affairs of the entire university. In 1993, the adult education department was formed, and in 2001, with the approval of the competent authority, the School of Adult Education was established. At the end of 2009, it was renamed the School of Continuing Education. Over the past 40 years, the school has carried out continuing education for academic qualifications and non-degree education, with nearly 130,000 graduates for society, trained over 60,000 medical staff for primary hospitals, and made significant contributions to regional development.
Continuing education for higher education:Following the school-running philosophy of "expanding capacities, improving quality, increasing efficiency, and reducing risks," the school has vigorously developed adult education and implemented multi-channel, multi-level, and multi-form education, fully exploring its potentials and utilizing its professional advantages. The school offers a total of 19 majors at three levels: junior college level education for high school graduates, senior college level education for high school graduates, and senior college level education for junior college graduates, including medical and non-medical disciplines such as engineering and science. These majors are divided into two forms of learning: part-time learning and correspondence learning, with over 50,000 currently registered students. The school has developed 298 online courses for distance learning platforms, 1 characteristic course of the "Let the Able Be Teachers" series for vocational community education by the Department of Vocational and Adult Education of the Ministry of Education, 1 brand major for adult higher education in Shandong Province, 9 characteristic courses for adult higher education in Shandong Province, 1 course for sharing adult education resources, 16 digital high-quality courses, 13 excellent course resources for community education, 2 ideological and political course demonstration projects, and a digital question bank with over 78,000 questions. Additionally, the school organizes the English exam for the bachelor's degree in continuing education for higher education in Shandong Province every academic year. In 2022, the school was approved as “An Advanced Group in the Management of Higher Education Student Status and Academic Qualifications in Shandong Province,” making it the sole continuing education college to win this award among 30 universities
Non-degree continuing education:Two national-level bases, namely the "First Batch of National Emergency Education Pilot Schools" and the "First Batch of Provincial Training Bases for School Emergency Education," have been established. One key task for the reform and innovation of non-degree education in the construction of a learning-oriented society (higher continuing education) by the Ministry of Education in 2023 has been approved, achieving a historic breakthrough in the development of non-degree education in this school. Six provincial-level training bases have been established, and one innovative platform for medical optics clinical education and training has been formed through school-enterprise cooperation in Shandong Province. Based on the construction of the above bases and supported by information technology, a comprehensive service platform for continuing education at Shandong First Medical University has been established. Non-degree training has been managed in a platform-based manner, and through big data empowerment, projects such as training for school health technicians, emergency treatment, myopia prevention and control, public welfare training for rural doctors, training for scientific research craftsmen, and qualification evaluation for health managers have been conducted. The annual training population is about 4,500 people, among which emergency first aid and myopia prevention and control training have formed a new direction of serving social and economic development through the unique training project group of Shandong First Medical University. The Shandong Province School Health Care Professional Technical Talent Knowledge Update Project was awarded the "Lifelong Learning Brand Project" in the province in 2022. The "First Provincial Emergency Education Pilot School Emergency Skills Exchange and Exhibition Event," hosted by Shandong Education Television, was covered live throughout the event. The non-degree continuing education work of the school has been reported by multiple media outlets such as the Learning Power, Popular Network, Poster News, News Network, and China Myopia Prevention and Control, which has to some extent enhanced the social reputation of the university .
