People's commentary: "national medical masters" how to have a generation of successors

China recently recognized 30 masters of Chinese medicine, among them the age of 93 years old, the youngest 74 years old, engaged in clinical Chinese medicine or traditional Chinese medicine work in more than 55 years. By the government in the national selection of Chinese medicine masters, the first time since the founding of new China.

Traditional Chinese medicine is the treasure of Chinese culture, for the Chinese nation's prosperity has made great contributions, magpie, Zhang Zhongjing, Hua Tuo, Sun Simiao, Li Shizhen and other generations of famous doctors have been admired by the people. The selection of commendation, we learn from the State Medical Masters of medical ethics and medical style, feel more is to strengthen the construction of Chinese medicine talent team urgently, and vigorously create a good atmosphere of the urgent need for famous doctors.

The development of Chinese medicine, talent is fundamental. In recent years, China's traditional Chinese medicine talents do not have enough, there is a crisis of inheritance. The number of practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine has been declining year by year, and the share of traditional Chinese medicine in the national health service system has been decreasing. According to incomplete statistics, China's Western medicine practitioners about 5.5 million people, while the Chinese medicine only about 400,000 people, compared with the 1950s reduced by 20%.

The important purpose of selecting "masters of Chinese medicine" is to promote the inheritance and innovation of the academic thinking of traditional Chinese medicine, so that there are generations of heirs, and endless. The study of the "national medical masters" to strengthen the law of success and training mechanism and learn from, is conducive to the exploration of modern Chinese medicine talent training methods, ways to further explore the establishment and improvement of Chinese medicine talent incentives, and strive to cultivate and create a moral and professional training of the talent echelon.

Doctors may be one of the most unqualified professions. The selected State Medical Masters are all old, only 19 attended the commendation. There was also one national medical master who passed away before the commendation ceremony was held. With the old generation of Chinese medicine practitioners passing away, how can Chinese medicine be passed on to the next generation? Deng Tietao, a national medical master and lifelong professor at the Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said that in order to inherit and develop Chinese medicine, it is necessary to cultivate "hardcore Chinese medicine practitioners" - talents who are good at inheritance but also have the courage to make innovations based on the profound foundation of Chinese culture. "Hardcore Chinese medicine" should start from the youth, only more young people love Chinese medicine, learn Chinese medicine, inherit Chinese medicine, to explore the treasure trove of Chinese medicine, in order to better benefit the Chinese nation and even the world's people.

Of course, in addition to the strength of the role model of the national medical masters and the inheritance of academic ideas, but also need to provide "fertile ground" for the cultivation of Chinese medicine talents. Let the support of the development of Chinese medicine policies and measures to articulate supporting up, from the system to create a favorable atmosphere, "hardcore Chinese medicine" will not have to worry about. In South Korea, due to the high social status of Korean doctors, good economic income, respect, Korean doctors have become a young people competing for the occupation, want to learn Korean medicine than those who want to learn Western medicine more.

The admission rate for the College of Korean Medicine at Kyung Hee University is sometimes as high as 170:1.

Whether abroad or at home, the cause of traditional Chinese medicine is now ushering in a rare opportunity for development. The World Health Assembly adopted the Resolution on Traditional Medicine, and the advantages and role of traditional medicine have been increasingly recognized. Recently, the State Council issued the "Several Opinions on Supporting and Promoting the Development of Chinese Medicine", which provides a solid institutional guarantee for the good and fast development of Chinese medicine in the new century.

The cultivation of talents in Chinese medicine should take advantage of the situation and absorb more excellent talents into the Chinese medicine team, in order to train and create a new generation of famous doctors and promote the inheritance and innovation of Chinese medicine.