1.From teachers and residents evaluation about the standardized training of traditional Chinese medicine explore and improve traditional Chinese medicine clinical training mode
Yinping SUN ; Yingxin YANG ; Kaihua ZHANG ; Nan ZHANG ; Qingwen GENG ; Xiaohui ZHANG
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2018;40(9):868-870
The views from teachers and residents were analyzed to discusses the problems existing in the standardized training of TCM residents,and try to find the solution.A total of 98 standardized training residents and 111 teachers from Dongfang Hospital affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine (BUCM) were enrolled.The questionnaire sceened by star APP on the phone was used to investigate them with six practical questions,each of which had three options.Both groups agreed that undergraduates' rotate period for 3 years,masters' period for 2 years,and doctors' period for 1 year.As to the item of TCM hospital selection,both groups chose traditional Chinese medicine hospital for resident standardization training.As to the item of majors,59 teachers (53.2%) and 67 (68.4%) residents chose to learn their majors.The teachers suggested that student independent management can improve sense of presence in the department.But 36.7% of residents considered increasing income can improve sense of presence.There are some problems in TCM residents training system,and we suggest that it should be proceeding from reality in residents and constantly improved in the future.
2.Expert Consensus on Clinical Diseases Responding Specifically to Traditional Chinese Medicine: Sjögren's Syndrome
Jing LUO ; Yuan XU ; Xinyao ZHOU ; Mengtao LI ; Xiujuan HOU ; Hailong WANG ; Hua CHEN ; Qin ZHANG ; Yan GENG ; Jinxia ZHAO ; Yi ZHAO ; Miansong ZHAO ; Jiabo WANG ; Yong WANG ; Xiaoxiao ZHANG ; Qingwen TAO
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2023;29(8):73-79
Sjögren's syndrome (SS), a disorder of immune system, is one of the dominant diseases treated by traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). China Association of Chinese Medicine organized experts in the field of TCM and western medicine rheumatology and pharmacology to discuss the advantages and optimal regimens of TCM for the treatment of SS. The experts generally agreed on the low early diagnosis rate of SS and the lack of targeted therapeutic drugs. In addition, autoimmune abnormality is the key factor in the occurrence of SS and deficiency of both Qi and Yin is the core pathogenesis. SS has unique tongue manifestations, which is expected to allow for the early diagnosis and treatment with integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine. TCM has advantages in treating SS in terms of alleviating clinical symptoms and systemic involvement, individualized treatment, relieving sleep and mood disorders, preventing the occurrence in the early stage, and enhancing the effectiveness and reducing toxicity in the treatment by integrated TCM and western medicine. In general, TCM has advantages in different stages of SS. Internal and external use of TCM, acupuncture, and acupotome are all available options. The optimal regimens should be determined on the basis of pattern identification, stage of disease, and the advantages of TCM. Clinical characteristics and biomarkers of SS should be studied to classify patients, so as to design precision evidence-based TCM regimens for SS. On the basis of unique tongue manifestations of SS, models for early diagnosis and poor prognosis identification of SS should also be established to achieve early prevention and treatment and to improve the prognosis. In the future, we should vigorously carry out high-quality evidence-based medical research on the treatment of SS by TCM and integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine and develop relevant guidelines to optimize and standardize current diagnosis and treatment, thereby laying a basis for clarifying and explaining the advantages of TCM in treating SS.