TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE 

Traditional Chinese Medicine is an ancient yet promising field that combines traditional Chinese medicine theories with modern scientific methods. If you are passionate about traditional medicine and wish to contribute to the development of modern healthcare, this program is the perfect choice for you.

Program Introduction

Traditional Chinese Medicine is a discipline with a long history and unique theoretical system. It aims to cultivate well-rounded professionals who are developed in moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic, and labor aspects, possessing solid foundational knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine, proficient clinical skills, and the ability to independently engage in clinical medical work, preventive healthcare, and research and teaching.

Training Objectives

This program aims to cultivate well-rounded professionals who are developed in moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic, and labor aspects, with a deep understanding of traditional Chinese culture, systematic basic theories, knowledge, and skills of traditional Chinese medicine, and the ability to diagnose and treat common diseases using traditional Chinese medicine. It meets the needs of social and economic development and the construction of socialist modernization.

Graduation Requirements

Graduates of this program should possess good humanistic, scientific, and professional qualities, a deep understanding of traditional Chinese culture, systematic basic theories and knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine, strong thinking and clinical practice abilities, strong inheritance capabilities, certain innovative spirit and abilities, mastery of scientific methods, and the ability to self-learn and engage in lifelong learning.

Ethical and Professional Quality Requirements

1. Have a correct worldview, outlook on life, and values, with patriotism, collectivism, honesty, and dedication to human health.
2. Love the profession of traditional Chinese medicine, actively apply theories, methods, and tools of traditional Chinese medicine to prevent diseases, alleviate pain, care for patients, and protect public health.
3. Persist in "five educations together," striving to become successors of the socialist cause with comprehensive development in moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic, and labor aspects.
4. Respect patients' personal beliefs, cultural backgrounds, and values, recognizing that good medical practice depends on mutual understanding and communication between doctors, patients, and families.
5. Respect life, pay attention to medical ethics, keep patients' information confidential, and treat every patient fairly and equally.
6. Have a concept of lifelong learning, self-improvement awareness, and a spirit of continuous pursuit of excellence.
7. Have a realistic work attitude, seeking help from other doctors when encountering medical problems that cannot be safely handled.
8. Respect colleagues and other healthcare professionals, with a spirit of teamwork.
9. Have the concept of practicing medicine according to the law, protecting the legal rights of patients and oneself.
10. When applying various possible techniques to pursue accurate diagnosis or change the course of disease, fully consider the interests of patients and families, and maximize the benefits of traditional Chinese medicine resources.
11. Have a scientific attitude, critical thinking, and innovative spirit.

Knowledge Objectives

1. Master basic knowledge and scientific methods related to humanities and social sciences, natural sciences, especially philosophy, literature, and history of traditional Chinese culture, and apply them to future learning and medical practice.
2. Master basic theories of traditional Chinese medicine, diagnosis, medicinal materials, prescriptions, acupuncture, and massage.
3. Master classical theories of traditional Chinese medicine, understand the history of academic development and main academic viewpoints of traditional Chinese medicine.
4. Master basic knowledge of clinical diagnosis and treatment of common diseases using traditional Chinese medicine.
5. Master basic knowledge of health preservation, healthcare, and rehabilitation using traditional Chinese medicine.
6. Master necessary basic medical and clinical medical knowledge.
7. Master necessary pharmacological knowledge and principles of rational drug use in clinical practice.
8. Understand necessary psychological and medical ethics knowledge, knowledge about alleviating pain, improving conditions and disabilities, psychosomatic rehabilitation, and end-of-life care.
9. Understand preventive medicine and general medicine knowledge, knowledge about the occurrence, development, transmission, and prevention principles of common infectious diseases, and the tasks and working methods of general practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine.
10. Understand health laws and regulations, and the national policies and guidelines related to health work.

Clinical Ability Objectives

1. Have the ability to comprehensively, systematically, and accurately diagnose diseases, collect medical history, write medical records, and express them in language using theories and skills of traditional Chinese medicine.
2. Have the ability to correctly apply theories, methods, and tools of traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture, and massage to diagnose and treat common diseases.
3. Have the ability to perform systematic physical examinations using clinical medical knowledge and skills.
4. Have the ability to reasonably select modern clinical diagnostic techniques, methods, and tools to preliminarily diagnose and treat common diseases.
5. Have the ability to judge and initially handle common critical conditions.
6. Have the ability to effectively communicate with patients and families, communicate and cooperate with colleagues and other healthcare professionals.
7. Have the ability to educate patients and the public about healthy lifestyles and disease prevention.
8. Have information management abilities, using library resources and modern information technology to research medical issues and acquire new knowledge.
9. Have the ability to read classical medical texts of traditional Chinese medicine, collect, organize, and analyze clinical cases and related medical literature.
10. Have the ability to use a foreign language to consult medical literature and communicate.

Core Courses

• Basic Theories of Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Diagnosis of Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Medicinal Materials
• Prescriptions
• Selected Readings of Treatise on Cold Damage
• Selected Readings of Synopsis of Golden Chamber
• Acupuncture
• Normal Human Anatomy
• Physiology
• Pathology
• Pharmacology
• Basic Diagnosis
• Internal Medicine of Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Surgery of Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Gynecology of Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Pediatrics of Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Orthopedics of Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Ophthalmology of Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Otorhinolaryngology of Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Internal Medicine of Modern Medicine
• Surgery of Modern Medicine

Research Directions

• Internal Medicine of Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Clinical Integration of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Modern Medicine
• Basic Theories of Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Clinical Basis of Traditional Chinese Medicine
• History and Literature of Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Prescriptions
• Diagnosis of Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Surgery of Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Orthopedics of Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Gynecology of Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Pediatrics of Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Five Sense Organs of Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Acupuncture and Massage
• Ethnic Medicine (including Tibetan Medicine, Mongolian Medicine, etc.)

Degree Awarded

Bachelor of Traditional Chinese Medicine degree

Career Development

1. Clinical Work in Traditional Chinese Medicine: Graduates can work in medical and health institutions such as various levels of traditional Chinese medicine hospitals, traditional Chinese medicine departments of general hospitals.
2. Research and Education Work: Graduates can choose to work in traditional Chinese medicine research institutions or higher education institutions to engage in scientific research and teaching.
3. Research, Development, or Sales of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Graduates can choose to work in pharmaceutical factories or pharmaceutical companies in the field of research, development, or sales of traditional Chinese medicine.
4. Further Studies or Overseas Studies: Enhance comprehensive abilities and academic levels, increase employment capital, and improve employment competitiveness.
5. Health Preservation and Preventive Healthcare Institutions: Students proficient in acupuncture can consider this employment channel.
6. Transition to General Practitioner: Choose to work in community hospitals, street hospitals, or grassroots medical work units as general practitioners.

Related Majors

• Acupuncture and Massage
• Tibetan Medicine
• Mongolian Medicine
• Uighur Medicine
• Zhuang Medicine
• Han Medicine
• Dai Medicine
• Hui Medicine
• Rehabilitation of Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Health Preservation of Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Pediatrics of Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Orthopedics of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Top Universities Offering Traditional Chinese Medicine Programs in China

1. Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
2. Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
3. Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine
4. Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine
5. Zhejiang University of Chinese Medicine
6. Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
7. Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
8. Jinan University