2015 Short Summer course (7/20-7/31)
2015 Short Summer course (7/20-7/31)
A two-week summer course in “Introduction of Chinese Medicine in Clinical Usage” at the National Cheng Kung University College of Medicine (Tainan, Taiwan) was offered from July 20th to July 31, 2015. About 25 students including 10 local students, 8 from USA, 6 Indonesia and 1 from Belgium attended the summer program.
The main objective of the program was to give students an overview on Chinese Medicine. Topics included: 1) History of Chinese Medicine, 2) Chinese Herbs that have been widely used in Chinese society, 3) Ingredients of Chinese herbs that have been proved to have biological functions, 4) Current clinical trial compounds derived from Chinese herbs, 5) Hands on Chinese medicine such as identifying pressure points, acupuncture and cupping. Students visited TCM clinics and also R&D facilities at pharmaceutical company in Taichung to learn how the Chinese Medicine are marketed.
Furthermore, cultural activities such as Chinese calligraphy and Chinese knots were included in the program as well. The most important part of the program is for the students to meet meet each other, explore the oldest city of Taiwan, visit night markets, try local delicacies and learn a little about the medical health care system of our country.
We look forward to have more partner university students attend our activity next year.
Office of International Affairs
College of Medicine
