Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) is one of the professional degrees in China, and it is called doctor of medicine for short in some places.
China's graduate degree system is divided into traditional research-oriented scientific degrees and technical professional degrees. Science degrees are Doctor of Science (Ph.D) and Master of Science, and they are biased towards scientific exploration, in fact, they are biased towards scientific research. Professional degrees, such as doctor of clinical medicine, master of medicine, doctor of stomatology, master of stomatology, master of law, master of accounting, master of business administration (MBA) and master of engineering, are more inclined to practical application.
Take clinical medicine as an example. Undergraduates can apply for professional degrees and scientific degrees after graduation. Enjoy the full or half prize of the scientific degree, enjoy the state grant, and participate in the three-aid work for graduate students; However, the tuition fees for professional degrees are completely self-care and do not enjoy the grants allocated by the state. In principle, you can't participate in the three-aid work provided by the school. Judging from the years of training, the overall professional degree is shorter than the scientific degree.
In the training plan, the medical degree is biased towards scientific research that is not divorced from clinical work, and the time spent on clinical work is relatively short, but the requirements for graduation thesis are relatively high. However, medical professional degrees pay more attention to the cultivation of clinical skills, and the requirements for the cultivation of clinical scientific research ability are lower than those for scientific research ability, so the requirements for graduation thesis are not as strict as those for scientific degrees. Therefore, in medical colleges and universities, a scientific degree is called scientific research, and a professional degree is called clinical (or technical).