Six
UTAR academics from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Science Department of
Chinese Medicine were the pioneer batch of participants under the
China-ASEAN Training Centre of Traditional Medical Talent Project by Guangxi
University of Chinese Medicine (GXUCM) at Guangxi, China from 21 to 30
September 2014.
The
group, comprising lecturers Dr Chong Wan Kuan, Ooi Ciat Hui, Yap Yau Pin,
Chin Mei Yue, Chong Kuen Yen and Ling Ying Sia attended the nine-day
training on lecture demonstration as well as clinical skills. The training
syllabus included materials such as Foundation
Theories of Chinese Medicine (中医基础理论), Archaic
Chinese Medical Literature (医古文), Different
Theories of Chinese Medicine (中医各家学说), Acupuncture
and Moxibustion (针灸学), Tui-na
of Chinese Medicine (推拿学)
and more.
The
participants also attended lectures by erudite professors; namely, Prof Dai
Ming (戴铭教授),
Prof Liu Yanping (刘燕平教授),
Prof Fang Xianming (方显明教授),
Prof Jiang Xiao (蒋筱教授)
and others who demonstrated how teaching could be improved by the
integration of several skills for a more interesting lesson.
Upon
completion of the training, the lecturers were highly commended by the
Director of Office of Academic Affairs, Prof Tang Meiwen (唐梅文教授)
for their excellence in delivering lectures. Prof Tang also hoped that the
participants will keep up their efforts, and welcomed them to visit Guangxi
University of Chinese Medicine again for other short-term training
programmes.
The
lecturers also expressed their elation on the training and they have
benefitted greatly from the training to learn more teaching techniques from
the experts at Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine.
They
were awarded certificates by Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine Vice
President Prof Dai Ming and Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine Faculty
of International Education Dean Prof Jiang Jichang (蒋基昌教授).
Dr
Chong (left) at the training session
The
panel of judges evaluating the participants' performance
The
six UTAR lecturers proudly displaying their certificates
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