Comparison of Chinese medicine higher education programs in China and five Western countries

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• 作者：Pei Xue^a ; Tianyu Zhan^b ; Guoyan Yang^c ; Giuseppina Mariagrazia Farella^d ; Nicola Robinson^e ; Angela Weihong Yang^f ; Jianping Liu^a ; ^{jianping_l@hotmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Chinese herbal medicine ; Acupuncture ; Tertiary education ; Comparative study ; Teaching and learning
• 刊名：Journal of Traditional Chinese Medical Sciences
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：October 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：2
• 期：4
• 页码：227-234
• 全文大小：318 K

文摘

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been taught widely in the both Eastern and Western world countries. This study compared the origin, student source, duration, and curriculum design of TCM higher education programs in China and five Western countries.

2">Method

We searched the Internet and the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) database to gather relevant information.

Result

20">All the six countries offer acupuncture and/or Chinese herbal medicine programs at universities and/or private schools. However, there are great large differences among them in the education of curriculum and TCM students enrollment and curriculum policies of TCM courses.

Conclusions

25">There are large differences among their curriculum and enrollment policies. This comparison should provide information about the further development of international standards in TCM education.