Graduate
Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Webmaster:
plwpan@mail.cgu.edu.tw
259 Wen-Hwa
Introduction
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The Graduate Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine was
founded in 2000 and the admission of new students began in July 2001. The purposes are: 1. Integration
of Traditional Medicine and Modern Technology The traditional Chinese medicine of our country is well
established and constantly develops through experimentation. It has become a
unique academic field and received more and more attention in recent years.
However, the ancient medical physicians were situated in different
circumstances of time and space with different experiences and backgrounds.
Therefore, the formation of a precise and well-knit infrastructure was rather
difficult and the potential to making contributions to the field was greatly
limited. Chinese medicine needs to absorb the useful concepts and methods of
the modern academic community, improve and demonstrate a new meaningfulness,
and become assimilated in the medical future of the world. In order to
achieve this objective, the specialized personnel shall be dynamically
educated, provided with a broad view and a broad horizon, and trained in the
capabilities of independent thinking and in-depth research to facilitate the
development of medicine and benefit humankind. 2
Education of Specialized Personnel of Advanced Chinese Medicine Currently academic institutions for specialized personnel
in Chinese medicine include the Graduate Institute of Chinese Medical Science
and the Graduate Institute of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine of the 3. The
Overall Development of Clinical Education and Research
The Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Chang Gung University was
founded 8 years ago and the Department of Chinese Medicine of Chang Gung
Memorial Hospital was founded 10 years ago. As far as the overall development
of the education of Chinese medicine at the University is concerned, a
channel for advanced studies should be established to train and develop the
faculty. In the future, the
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Main responsibilities
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The
Institute’s aim is to develop traditional
Chinese medicine on the basis of its own theories and clinical practice and using
the concepts, technology, and methods of Western medicine. We hope to
investigate human health and sickness from the viewpoint of mathematics,
physics, and life sciences, using integrated interdisciplinary methods in
order to research questions relating to common refractory diseases among |
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Education Objectives
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Development Directions Future development directions are based on the theory and clinical
practice of traditional Chinese medicine and utilize relevant concepts,
techniques, and methods of modern science to develop Chinese medicine. The
development directions also include investigation of the health and the
diseases of the human body from the aspects of mathematics, physics, and life
science and studies of the issues related to the difficult diseases based on
cross-disciplinary integration. 2
Development Focuses: Based on the directions described above, the research
focuses of the Institute are as follows: l The study of the fundamental theory of traditional Chinese medicine l The study of the clinical therapeutic efficacy and the mechanisms of acupuncture l The study of the clinical therapeutic efficacy of Chinese medicine l The study of the measurement and the physiological effect of the bioenergy field l The study of the physical properties of channel phenomenon l The study of the standardization of Chinese medical diagnosis l The study of the effects of Chinese medicine on immunogenes and oncogenes
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Courses (Master Program)
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In addition to thesis work, 28 academic credits in course
work are required |
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Require
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Seminal
(8 credits) |
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Research
methods in Chinese medicine (4 credits) |
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Biostatistics
(4 credits) |
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Journal
reading in TCM (2 credits) |
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Literature
discussion in TCM (2 credits) |
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Technique of English translation of TCM (2 credits) |
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Thesis
(6 credits) |
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Elective
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Classical theory of TCM |
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Cell biology |
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Molecular biology |
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Life science |
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Medical information |
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Clinical research and clinical trial study conducting |
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Antioxidant and TCM |
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Current research in Chinese herbs |
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Application of Molecular and Biotechnology in TCM |
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Faculty
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Faculty |
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Professor
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Hen-Hong Chang Internal Chinese Medicine, Chinese medical diagnostics |
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Hwan-Wun Liu Human Anatomy, Reproductive Biology, Cell Biology, Research and Development on Essential Theories of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Management of Intelligent Property |
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Assistant
Professor
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Tzung-Yan Lee Hepatology, Chinese herbal medicines on oxidative stress |
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Adjunct
Faculty
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Professor
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Ching-Liang Hsieh Neuroscience, Acupuncture Science |
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Shuen-Kuei Liao Oncology and immunology |
Associate
Professor
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I-Hsin Lin Internal Chinese Medicine, Radiation Biology, TCM R&D |
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Jyh-Sheng You Cardiovascular disease and cancer therapy in TCM |
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Jong-Hwei Su Pang Molecular biology and basic medicine |
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Ing-Tiau Kuo Biostatistics |
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Assistant Professor |
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Tai-Long Pan Proteomic |
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Instructor
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Nigel Wiseman Chinese medical English; Scientific writing |
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Development Planning
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The development of Chinese medicine and
pharmacy is one of the medium-term goals of Students of the Institute mostly have a background in medicine. They combine their medical experience with their knowledge of basic medicine to perform clinical research in integrated Chinese and Western medicine with a view to enhancing the quality of treatment. Making use of a combined Chinese and Western outpatients clinic and the hospital’s inpatients resources, students conduct research in common refractory diseases, developing the potential of Chinese medicine and pharmacy, evaluating its efficacy, and studying its mechanisms, thereby making a valuable contribution to health care. Initially, the accent is on cerebrovascular accident, immune diseases, and tumors. |