International education and training

International Education and Training

Introduction

With its government resources and TCM experts, universities, and hospital resources, GMTCM Park has offered a wide range of training courses to professionals in TCM and related areas, including courses on the basic techniques of special TCM therapies, TCM acupuncture techniques, clinical TCM practice and TCM in foreign languages. For different types of trainees, it has carried out both professional and popular TCM trainings in an attempt to promote worldwide academic, technical and educational exchange and learning in the field of TCM.

At present, GMTCM Park has established strategic cooperation with domestic and foreign government departments, academic institutions and industry organizations in traditional medicine, including the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries, the Institute of Traditional Medicine under the Ministry of Health of Mozambique, the Ministry of Health and Social Security of Cape Verde, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Chengdu University of TCM, University of Macau, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon and the European Foundation of Traditional Chinese Medicine, to carry out overseas trainings and educational cooperation in TCM.

International Training

Mozambique：

Since 2016, GMTCM Park and the Ministry of Health of Mozambique have jointly held nine courses on special TCM therapies, offering training to a total of 241 doctors and therapists from public hospitals under the Ministry of Health and introducing TCM techniques into the public health system of Mozambique including 50 public hospitals across 11 provinces in the country. TCM therapies were applied on 16,811 local patients over the past three years, and warmly welcomed by the patients. By “promoting medicine through practice”, GMTCM Park has played a significant role in introducing quality TCM products and techniques of Chinese enterprises into Portuguese-speaking countries, including those from Macao, and laid a solid foundation for the import and export of their products and techniques.

TCM experts demonstrating basic TCM techniques and manipulation to Mozambican trainees.

Mozambican trainees learning the Chinese Health Qigong ‘Baduanjin’ from TCM experts.

Doctors and therapists from public hospitals practicing at a local hospital.

Mozambican trainees practicing acupuncture at a local public hospital.

Closing ceremony of the training course on special therapies of TCM for Mozambique and Portuguese-speaking countries in Africa, as attended by leaders and representatives from the Ministry of Health of Mozambique, the Ministry of Health and Social Security of Cape Verde, the Ministry of Health of Angola, the Ministry of Health of Guinea-Bissau, the Chinese Embassy in Mozambique, GMTCM Park, the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Forum Macao.

Cape Verde：

In May 2019, GMTCM Park signed an MOU with the Ministry of Health and Social Security of Cape Verde, and held the Training Course of Traditional Chinese Medicine for 27 Cape Verdean professionals in July for the first time. This represents an extension of the model of cooperation between GMTCM Park and Mozambique to Cape Verde, yet another attempt to apply and promote the model of “promoting medicine through practice” in the country, and also another breakthrough in the transmission of TCM culture and techniques to Portuguese-speaking countries in Africa.

Doctors and therapists from public hospitals in Cape Verde practicing TCM techniques under the guidance of TCM experts.

A TCM teacher from Portugal demonstrating TCM manipulation to doctors and therapists from the Ministries of Health of Portuguese-speaking countries.

The Minister of Health and Social Security of Cape Verde, leaders and representatives from GMTCM Park, the Chinese Embassy in Cape Verde and Forum Macao attended the “2019 Training Course on Special Therapies of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Cape Verde”.

Other Portuguese-speaking Countries：

In order to bring into full play the demonstrative role of TCM training for Mozambique and replicate the experience and model of TCM cooperation with Mozambique to other Portuguese-speaking countries, GMTCM Park held two sessions of training courses on special therapies of TCM for Portuguese-speaking countries in Africa in June 2018 and July 2019, providing training on TCM therapies and techniques for 34 doctors and therapists from public hospitals of Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique.
From 2016 to 2019, GMTCM Park has held four sessions of the “Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao) – Seminar on Traditional Medicine between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries”, offering opportunities for learning and exchange on traditional medicine policies, techniques and applications for 98 officials and technicians from traditional medicine and health sectors of Portuguese-speaking countries. The seminar has promoted exchange between Portuguese-speaking countries and China on medical techniques, policies, laws and scientific research.

Closing ceremony of the 2016 Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao) – Seminar on Traditional Medicine between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries

Closing ceremony of the 2017 Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao) – Seminar on Traditional Medicine between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries

Closing ceremony of the 2018 Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao) – Seminar on Traditional Medicine between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries

Closing ceremony of the 2019 Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao) – Seminar on Traditional Medicine between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries