Oxford Chinese Economy Programme
(OXCEP)
The Academic Medicine Course
The Academic Medicine Course is a two-week bespoke intensive programme specifically designed for senior healthcare academics, clinicians, researchers and policymakers who would like to study the advanced issues and frontier topics of precision medicine and translational research, especially those who are training and supervising junior medics and researchers. The annual summer course started in July 2016 and, as of July 2026 it had successfully hosted a total of 317 senior healthcare academics, clinicians, researchers and policymakers from 11 countries and regions of the world.
Course Contents: More than 37 hours of lectures and discussions on 25 frontier topics and advanced issues in Clinical Medicine and Translational Research, by more than 28 senior academics and clinicians at Oxford University; 5 academic visits; 2 lab observations; plus cultural and social events.
Eligible Candidates: Faculty members of top Asia medical schools, as well as clinicians at medical centres or teaching hospitals, who are interested in both clinical medicine and translational research.
Dates: The courses are held in the summer each year.
Accommodation: The William R. Miller Building, St Edmund Hall, Oxford University, Dawson Street, Oxford OX4 1AT. Check in from 2pm on Sunday of the first week and check out by 9.30am on Saturday of the second week. This is an annex building of St Edmund Hall situated approximately ten minutes walk from its main campus. All the study bedrooms in the building have en-suite facilities with WiFi coverage. On each level of the building, there is a separate kitchen area fully equipped with hobs, microwave cookers and refrigerators. Also, there is a launderette on site which can be used by residents. Phone-cards can be purchased in local shops for the use of telephone in each room or mobile phone.
Full breakfast starts at 8am daily at the Wolfson Hall on the main campus of St Edmund Hall from Monday of the first week through Saturday of the second week. Two-course buffet lunch and three-course conference dinner are provided daily at 12.30pm and 6pm respectively, from Monday of the first week through Friday of the second week, except packed lunches on the weekend. Moderately smart dress is appropriate for the welcome dinner on Monday of the first week and the formal hall on Friday of the second week.
