[Some considerations on professional education and teaching reform for public health and preventive medicine].

Following a brief overview of the historical development of undergraduate education of public health and preventive medicine in China's medical universities and colleges, this editorial points out existing issues and dominant challenges, and puts forward compelling demands for undergraduate education in preventive medicine, including in-depth integration with society and population, combined with practice, focusing on problem identificantion and problem solving based on population health, as well as developing undergraduate education programs, education syllabus and courses, construction of teaching materials and off-campus practice teaching bases. 在简要回顾中国医学院校公共卫生与预防医学专业本科教育发展历程的基础上，指出存在的主要问题，提出预防医学专业本科教育必须深入社会、人群，密切结合实际，着力围绕社会公众健康，发现问题、研究问题和解决问题，拟订教育计划、教学大纲、设置课程、编写教材、建设教学基地。.