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Insight -Chinese Medicine is an open access, peer-reviewed online journal that encompasses all aspects of research on Chinese medicine provided the material, methods, results, and conclusions are evidence-based, scientifically justified, and ethical. It devoted to communication among pharmaceutical and medical scientist interested in the advancement of Traditional Chinese Medicines (TCM). Areas of interest include herbal medicine, health food, clinical nutrition, acupuncture, Tui-na, Qi-qong, Tai Chi Quan, energy research, medical education, cultural exchange, and technical translation.

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    Exploring students’ views and experiences of an acupuncture programme at a South African university: Case study

    by Zijing Hu, Jie Zhang, Radmila Razlog

    Insight - Chinese Medicine, Vol.6, No.1, 2023; 150 Views, 54 PDF Downloads, 0 Exploring students’ views and experiences of an acupuncture programme at a South African university: Case study Downloads

    Curriculum transformation for 21st-century skills in higher education is gaining much attention nationally and internationally. The African continent is becoming acutely aware of strengthening the curriculum to improve teaching and learning. In this study, the focus is on transforming the acupuncture programme to align with international standards. Streamlining and aligning the South Africa (SA) curriculum programme to international standards will improve patients’ health. The reason is that higher education institutions are responsible for ensuring that their students are competent in the world of work through quality educational programmes. There is an increasing demand for quality acupuncture services for the public. According to the World Health Organization, acupuncture is one of the most popular alternative medicines worldwide. However, there is a lack of research to explore contextualised acupuncture programmes on the African continent. This study aimed to explore the content of the South African acupuncture programme and align it with international standards. To undertake this study, the author employed a qualitative, single-case study by interviewing the students of the programme using a semi-structured interview schedule. The findings of this study revealed that students shared positive views towards the acupuncture programme. They had a clear and accurate understanding of the outcome of the programme. However, participants reported that there was limited clinical exposure in the acupuncture programme, which negatively affected students’ competencies in the working world. This study concluded that there was a need to ensure the contextualised acupuncture programme was benchmarked against international standards. Furthermore, there was a need to improve the infrastructure at the university to ensure adequate training facilities. This study is of profound significance since the identified higher education institution is the only university that provides an acupuncture programme in South Africa.

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NJUCM Participating in Chinese Medicine Service Trade Collaboration Meeting

2021-01-25

From September 17 to 18, jointly organized by the Global Trade and Economical Collaboration, Ministry of Commerce and the Nanjing Municipal Government, the 2020 Global Service Trade Conference was held in Nanjing, China. NJUCM as National Chinese Medicine Service Export Base jointly built by the Ministry of Commerce and the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, attended the conference and jointly held the Chinese Medicine Service Trade Collaboration Meeting with Nanjing Commerce Bureau, Nanjing Commission of Health and Wellbeing, NJUCM affiliated hospital Jiangsu Provincial TCM Hospital. Professor Sun Zhiguang, NJUCM Vice President delivered a report on the meeting.

Centering around the theme “Chinese Medicine in Nanjing, Service around the Globe”, the Chinese Medicine Service Trade Collaboration Meeting presented the innovational achievements in the field of Chinese medicine trade, and provided communication platform for the in-depth exploration and innovative development for Chinese medicine service trade. Professor Sun Zhiguang presented to the participating institutions from home and abroad the construction achievements of NJUCM in the field of international communication and education, introduced the future planning of NJUCM as the National Chinese Medicine Service Export Base, promoted to the globe NJUCM’s progresses in medical care, education, research and cultural exchanges with aim to further facilitating the international collaboration in Chinese medicine. Professor Zhai Yuxiang, Dean of Jiangsu Provincial TCM Hospital, and Ms Zheng Lijuan, Marketing Director of Nanjing Haichang Herbal Group introduced the Chinese medicine service trade achievements and future planning respectively. Institutions from Germany, Switzerland, UK, France and Philippines virtually joined the meeting.

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Publisher’s Note

2018-09-14

We are pleased at the constructive and collaborative manner in which we were able to work with the Editorial Board Member. We appreciate those of scholars who help and surpport us running the Journal. We are reaching primary goal of launching journal, we hope our scholars will continue to pay attention and participate enthusiastically, and submit some high quanlity papers to our Journal. Thank you!

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