How to train a new generation of TCM talents? Listen to what 7 TCM university presidents have to say

Chinese Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine

"It is crucial for students to form a TCM mindset, which is the key to TCM talent training." So said Zhang Boli, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, president of the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine and president of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

"To pass on TCM well, we must emphasize the basic theories and thinking of TCM." So said Li Qingshan, vice chairman of Shanxi CPPCC and president of Shanxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

"Students should be allowed to repeatedly reinforce the clinical thinking of TCM." Yang Guanphong, deputy director of the Liaoning Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee and president of Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said.

Talent training is the basis for the development of Chinese medicine, and higher Chinese medicine education is the main channel for Chinese medicine talent training. At present, the revitalization and development of Chinese medicine has ushered in a great opportunity of timing, location and people. How to follow the law of cultivation of Chinese medicine talents in Chinese medicine colleges and universities, and to deliver "excellent soldiers and good generals" for the cause of Chinese medicine? This year, there are seven Chinese medicine university presidents on behalf of the two sessions. They all agree that Chinese medicine thinking is the key to the training of Chinese medicine personnel.

Inheritance and development

Strong cultural confidence

The government work report pointed out that support for the development of traditional Chinese medicine heritage. Fang Jianqiao, president of Zhejiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, believes that TCM universities should grasp the relationship between inheritance and innovation. "There is no origin without inheritance, and no future without innovation."

Commissioner Xu Anlong, president of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, described how the school carries out inheritance and innovation. In terms of inheritance, the establishment of the College of Ethnicity to strengthen the traditional cultural foundation of students; pay enough attention to ancient medical literature, which can be used to obtain a degree through the examination of ancient medical literature instead of the English exam; increase the hours of the classical course, and set up the classical examination scores. In terms of innovation, research on basic and core theories of TCM should be strengthened, and efforts should be made to explain the treatment mechanism of TCM in modern scientific language. "If scientific research deviates from TCM theories and puts the feet of TCM practitioners into the shoes of Western medicine, it certainly won't work, but if one builds a pair of modern shoes for one's own feet, it will be possible for 'me to climb the ladder of green clouds by wearing the spiked shoes that Xie used in the earliest days'."

Tang Nong, president of Guangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said that the top priority for higher TCM education is to establish a high degree of cultural confidence. "Some members of the current TCM faculty do not have confidence in TCM and traditional Chinese culture, which seriously hinders their inheritance and innovation of TCM." Tang Nong is saddened by this. He believes that a high-quality faculty is first and foremost embodied in a kind of confidence in Chinese medicine that comes from the depths of the soul. "With this confidence, the pursuit of TCM becomes an instinctive urge to live. Without this realization, it may be a response, a fad, or even a blasphemy against TCM."

Therapeutic efficacy is the soul.

Cultivating TCM thinking

"Theory is the root, clinical is the foundation, and therapeutic effect is the soul." Tang Nong said the cultivation of Chinese medicine talents can not be separated from the core of clinical efficacy, and to improve the efficacy, it is necessary to master Chinese medicine thinking.

How to cultivate TCM thinking? Zhang Boli attaches great importance to the role of cases. "Take every course, every disease, every key link as a case. For example, cough, wind, cold and heat are different cases, and there is a difference between whether there is phlegm or not, and whether the sound is loud or not. The teacher tells the students accordingly, and the students' TCM thinking is slowly developed. Once students have established a TCM mindset, the more they know about Western medicine, the better, Zhang Boli said.

It's the ****ing knowledge of higher education

Zhang Boli said TCM education must broaden horizons, and TCM practitioners must emancipate their minds. "If we don't take up space, others will." Zhang Boli said, "Now the health industry is developing rapidly, such as elderly health care, health tourism, health promotion, etc., which needs a large number of talents who know both professional and TCM knowledge." Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine has opened health media, nutrition and diet, digital pharmacy and other related majors. Actively buttress the new business of health industry.

Commissioner Hu Gang, vice chairman of Jiangsu CPPCC and president of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said many people are interested in and trust TCM and want to get more specialized and richer knowledge of TCM. The Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine has conducted various training courses to give more people easy access to the culture of Chinese medicine and health care.

The government work report proposed strengthening the construction of a team of general practitioners and promoting hierarchical diagnosis and treatment. Fang Jianqiao believes that the enrollment of general practice majors should be expanded, and Chinese medicine colleges and universities should train general practitioners who can learn Chinese and Western medicine. "I have done statistics. There are only about 300 general practitioner graduates in Zhejiang every year. How can we meet the needs of society?" Fang Jianqiao said, "I hope the relevant departments will coordinate to strengthen the training of general practitioners." .