On the afternoon of September 16, the West China School of Nursing held its Teaching and Faculty Development Conference for the Fall 2026 semester in the lecture hall of the Yifu Building on the East Campus of Sichuan University’s West China Campus. Themed “Upholding the Spirit of Educators and Fostering Respect for Teachers and Education,” the conference set out priorities and plans for the new semester.Nearly 300 people attended, including Li Zhongming, Executive Vice President of the Graduate School of Sichuan University; Luo Feng, Director of the Hospital Administration Office at West China Medical Center; Wang Kunjie, Executive Vice Dean of West China School of Medicine; Li Ka, Dean of the West China School of Nursing; directors of nursing departments at affiliated hospitals; heads of relevant administrative departments at West China School of Medicine; graduate supervisors; department chairs; course coordinators; ward head nurses; class advisers; clinical lead instructors; and representatives of undergraduate academic advisers.
In his remarks, Director Luo Feng conveyed the Medical Center’s sincere greetings to all those working in nursing education. He also shared three expectations for nursing educators: first, to uphold moral education and character development as the fundamental mission and strengthen the foundations of teaching; second, to promote the mutual advancement of teaching and research and use real clinical problems to inform and improve instruction; and third, to deepen their grounding in the humanities and medicine and build a highly qualified faculty. He emphasized that nursing education is a cornerstone of the Healthy China initiative. He encouraged faculty to carry forward the spirit of Sichuan University and the culture of West China, contribute to the University’s next phase of “Double First-Class” development, and bring the insight and expertise of West China nursing to the service of the Healthy China strategy.
Li Zhongming delivered a presentation titled “Building Research Teams and Supervising Graduate Students.” Drawing on his research experience and management practice, he discussed how to establish research teams, refine research directions, select collaborators, and develop team culture and governance systems. He analyzed the factors that shape the growth of high-performing research teams. He stressed that nursing faculty should align their research with national strategic priorities and focus on critical issues in people’s health. Team leaders, he said, should build strong research platforms while also paying close attention to students’ mental well-being, maintaining high academic standards while fostering respectful, trusting, and constructive supervisory relationships.
Dean Li Ka led participants in studying a series of key requirements set out by General Secretary Xi Jinping and the national government concerning education, science and technology, and talent development, as well as the priorities conveyed at meetings of the University and West China School of Medicine. She set out three expectations for the new semester: to serve national strategic priorities, uphold the fundamental mission of fostering virtue through education, and strengthen the quality of medical and nursing care; to remain committed to educating students, address shortcomings and correct problems, and improve the quality of teaching across the board; and to strengthen management and support for teaching quality. She encouraged everyone to safeguard the quality of nursing education and teaching, reinforce the foundations of “Double First-Class” discipline development, and contribute to keeping Sichuan University’s West China nursing among the world’s leading programs and helping West China Medicine take the lead in becoming world-class.
Zhang Fengying, Party Branch Secretary and Vice Dean of the West China School of Nursing, outlined the School’s plans for the new semester.
Jiang Lihua, Director of the Faculty Affairs Office of the Party Committee at West China School of Medicine, explained and presented the semester’s priorities for nursing talent development.
You Zhen, Director of the Academic Affairs Office at West China School of Medicine, interpreted and presented the priorities for undergraduate education and teaching.
Wu Yan, Deputy Director of the Graduate Division at West China School of Medicine, explained and presented the priorities for graduate education and teaching.
Luo Lin, Deputy Director of the Student Affairs Office of the Party Committee at West China School of Medicine, presented the priorities for undergraduate student affairs in the new semester.
Zhang Hui, Director of the Academic Affairs Section at the West China School of Nursing, outlined key priorities for undergraduate nursing education.
The fall-semester teaching conference was chaired by Professor Jiang Yan, Director of the Nursing Department at West China Hospital and Vice Dean of the West China School of Nursing.
The conference clarified the School’s priorities for the new semester and provided strong support for the orderly advancement of its work. The West China School of Nursing will now implement the plans set out at the meeting and steadily advance nursing talent development and discipline building to ensure that its goals for the semester are achieved.
