Some Thoughts on Education Innovation of Traditional Chinese Medicine

VernacularTitle:对中医药院校创新教育的思考
Author: Yanhua WU ; Xinping LI ; Yanming WU ; Caiying CHEN
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Innovation; Traditional Chinese Medical Education; Talents
From: International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2009;31(2):121-122
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: At present, the training pattern in the higher-education institutions of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is still characterized as a trilogy of basic medical theory courses, clinical medical courses and graduation clinic practice, which results in the slow-cultivation of the TCM talent, and brings into the severe problems of theory being divorced from practice and bad social adaptability in the graduates. Under this situation, it is imperative to reform the traditional training patterns and to advocate innovation in the education. It is suggested that creative teachers, students' creative study and a democratic, harmonious, relaxing and easy study atmosphere are helpful to the cultivation of TCM talents. Therefore, a student-orientating training pattern of classroom-teaching synchronized with the clinic practice, emphasizing clinic practice, and aiming to improve the scientific research ability is advocated in higher-education of TCM. This is expected to provide some thoughts for the development of TCM higher education in the new era.