With the approval of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television [Document No. 2372 (2016)], Northwest Medical Education (CN61-1257/G4) was renamed Medical Education Research and Practice. (CN61-1507/G4), the publishing unit was changed from the editorial department of Northwest Medical Education to the editorial department of Medical Education Research and Practice.

  Medical Education Research and Practice(formerly known as Northwest Medical Education) is one of the earliest medical education academic journals founded in China, she was founded in 1982, 1993 Began a nationwide public offering. Over the years, the journal's organizers have been adhering to the concept of basing themselves on China and looking at the world, timely capturing the latest medical education research results in China and even the world, and also providing a good platform for teachers, medical graduate students, medical education researchers, education and teaching administrators, etc. of China's medical colleges and universities and their affiliated hospitals and teaching hospitals to conduct medical education academic seminars, display their latest medical education reform achievements, and exchange their medical education teaching experience. At present, the readers and author groups of this journal are all over China's provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, including Hong Kong, Taiwan, and foreign countries, which is a reference and a good teacher for its medical education and teaching practice. The academic papers published in this journal basically represent the latest and most comprehensive theoretical achievements in the field of medical education in China, and are also one of the reference tools for relevant personnel to study Chinese medical education and promote the reform of medical education.

  Today, China is in a critical period of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, how to do a good job in serving healthy China and education power, based on the new stage of development, in-depth analysis of the key theoretical and practical issues of China's medical development, China's medical education research tasks are heavy, the mission is glorious. In 2022, this journal will continue to pay attention to the key and difficult issues in the field of medical education development in China, closely follow up on hot issues in the field of global medical education, start from the actual situation in various parts of China, conduct in-depth investigation and research, and organize innovative research with forward-looking vision.

  2021 Edition of China Academic Journal Impact Factor Annual Report: The journal "Medical Education Research and Practice" sponsored by Xi'an Jiaotong University entered the discipline Q1 area for the first time and the "Chinese Journal of Medical Education". Among the 288 educational journals, Medical Education Research and Practice ranked 71st, and its impact factor was close to that of the Chinese Journal of Medical Education.