To alleviate the shortage of competent undergraduate-level medical professionals in the central and western rural regions of China, from 2010 to 2012, the Chinese government mandated 100 medical colleges to recruit 30,000 rural-oriented, tuition-waived medical students (RTMS) for the township and village hospitals. But no educational curriculum is available for the program to present. Based on investigation of rural doctors and residents, a curriculum has been jointly developed by multiple professionals from medical colleges, health administrations, and community health institutions.