Benchmarks for Training in Traditional Chinese Medicine

More documents

Recommendations

Info

Training traditional Chinese medicine dispensers and distributors3. Training traditional Chinese medicinedispensers and distributorsDistributors and dispensers of TCM play a key role in the delivery of TCMservices. TCM distributors supply Chinese Materia Medica and TCM formulae tothe dispensers. TCM dispensers provide Chinese Materia Medica or TCMformulae to patients. Their work requires knowledge and skills related toregulations, procedures and techniques. Quality control is therefore a key aspectand benchmarks for training have to take into consideration the following:• content of the training;• method of the training;• to whom the training is to be provided and by whom;• the roles and responsibilities of the future distributors and dispensers;• the level of education required in order to undertake training.3.1 A benchmark training curriculum for TCM dispensersTCM practitioners and experts consider that TCM dispensers require a fullcurriculum including basic theories and skills of TCM. A total of 1,000 hours issuggested, consisting of 800 hours of theory and practical learning and 200 hoursof clinical training in an appropriate dispensary or pharmacy under thesupervision of a qualified dispenser or pharmacist. This programme is for thosewho have completed high school education or equivalent but have no priormedical or other health-care training or experience.In order to allow dispensers of TCM to work either independently or as membersof health-care teams, at the community level or within health facilities orpharmacies, the training programme has to enable them to:• prepare slides and identify plant species using prepared slides or presseddried specimens in a herbarium;• perform laboratory procedures for TCM medicinal chemistry, and thetechniques of extraction, separation and identification of chemicalcomponents, such as alkaloids and volatile oils (10,11).The programme includes elements of TCM and of Western medicine.3.1.1 Elements of TCMPharmacology and pharmacognosy of TCM• Basic concepts of medicinal plants;• Basic methods of propagation and sustainable harvesting of medicinalplants;• Basic methods of analysis of medicinal plants;• Basic knowledge of pharmacology of Chinese Materia Medica;• Properties and pharmacological actions of TCM formulae;• Key factors affecting pharmacological actions;• Pharmacology and toxicology of TCM formulae.15
Benchmarks for training in traditional Chinese medicineUpon successful completion of this subject, students are expected to be able todemonstrate knowledge of the characteristics of key families and species ofmedicinal plants, an understanding of the basic classification of medicinal plantsand the skills of identifying various tissues of these plants using a microscope.Students must also be able to identify class and species of medicinal plants andherbs in powdered form, as well as proficiently prepare slides, and identify driedor pressed plant specimens for reference in a herbarium. Additionally, they mustunderstand major pharmacological actions of the main categories of TCMformulae.Phytochemistry• Introduction to the development of phytochemistry and research onactive chemical ingredients;• Basic knowledge of extraction and separation of chemical ingredients ofChinese Materia Medica;• Basic knowledge of common chemical constituents, such as alkaloids andsaponins.Upon successful completion of this subject, students are expected to be able tounderstand laboratory experiment procedures for phytochemistry, and to masterthe techniques of extraction, separation and identification of common chemicalconstituents.Elements for identification, quality assurance and standardization of ChineseMateria MedicaUpon successful completion of this subject, students are expected to be able toidentify and evaluate the quality of approximately 350 kinds of commonly usedChinese Materia Medica, to master the skills of stir-baking and stir-baking withadjuvants, skills in drying procedures and to be able to perform cleaning, cutting,calcining, steaming, boiling, repetition and fermentation of Chinese MateriaMedica.Distillation, evaporation, desiccation, freeze drying, extraction and separationof Chinese Materia MedicaUpon successful completion of this subject, students are expected to be able todemonstrate knowledge and skills of pharmaceutical preparation of thecommonly used dosage forms, such as decoction, liquor, troche, extract, pill,tablet, powder and capsule.Contraindications and use of TCMUpon successful completion of this subject, students are expected to beknowledgeable of potential interactions of Chinese Materia Medica, TCMformulae and other medications.16
Page 2 and 3: Benchmarks for trainingin tradition
Page 4 and 5: ContentsContentsContents...........
Page 6 and 7: AcknowledgementsAcknowledgementsThe
Page 8 and 9: ForewordForewordThe oldest existing
Page 10 and 11: PrefacePrefaceThere has been a dram
Page 12 and 13: PrefaceWHO collaborating centres fo
Page 14 and 15: IntroductionIntroductionTraditional
Page 16 and 17: The origin and principles of tradit
Page 18 and 19: The origin and principles of tradit
Page 20 and 21: Training traditional Chinese medici
Page 34 and 35: Safety issues4. Safety issuesThe co
Page 36 and 37: Safety issuesChinese Materia Medica
Page 38 and 39: ReferencesReferences1. Eisenberg DM
Page 40 and 41: AnnexAnnex: WHO Consultation onPhyt
Page 42 and 43: AnnexMrs Vicki Pitman, Board of Dir

Benchmarks for Training in Traditional Chinese Medicine

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?