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Regional Influences on Chinese Medicine Education: Comparing Australia and Hong Kong
High quality education programs are essential for preparing the next generation of Chinese medicine (CM) practitioners. Currently, training in CM occurs within differing health and education policy contexts. There has been little analysis of the factors influencing the form and status of CM educatio...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4917680/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27379170 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6960207 |
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author | Brosnan, Caragh Chung, Vincent C. H. Zhang, Anthony L. Adams, Jon |
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description | High quality education programs are essential for preparing the next generation of Chinese medicine (CM) practitioners. Currently, training in CM occurs within differing health and education policy contexts. There has been little analysis of the factors influencing the form and status of CM education in different regions. Such a task is important for understanding how CM is evolving internationally and predicting future workforce characteristics. This paper compares the status of CM education in Australia and Hong Kong across a range of dimensions: historical and current positions in the national higher education system, regulatory context and relationship to the health system, and public and professional legitimacy. The analysis highlights the different ways in which CM education is developing in these settings, with Hong Kong providing somewhat greater access to clinical training opportunities for CM students. However, common trends and challenges shape CM education in both regions, including marginalisation from mainstream health professions, a small but established presence in universities, and an emphasis on biomedical research. Three factors stand out as significant for the evolution of CM education in Australia and Hong Kong and may have international implications: continuing biomedical dominance, increased competition between universities, and strengthened links with mainland China. |
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spelling | pubmed-49176802016-07-04 Regional Influences on Chinese Medicine Education: Comparing Australia and Hong Kong Brosnan, Caragh Chung, Vincent C. H. Zhang, Anthony L. Adams, Jon Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Review Article High quality education programs are essential for preparing the next generation of Chinese medicine (CM) practitioners. Currently, training in CM occurs within differing health and education policy contexts. There has been little analysis of the factors influencing the form and status of CM education in different regions. Such a task is important for understanding how CM is evolving internationally and predicting future workforce characteristics. This paper compares the status of CM education in Australia and Hong Kong across a range of dimensions: historical and current positions in the national higher education system, regulatory context and relationship to the health system, and public and professional legitimacy. The analysis highlights the different ways in which CM education is developing in these settings, with Hong Kong providing somewhat greater access to clinical training opportunities for CM students. However, common trends and challenges shape CM education in both regions, including marginalisation from mainstream health professions, a small but established presence in universities, and an emphasis on biomedical research. Three factors stand out as significant for the evolution of CM education in Australia and Hong Kong and may have international implications: continuing biomedical dominance, increased competition between universities, and strengthened links with mainland China. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-06-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4917680/ /pubmed/27379170 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6960207 Text en Copyright © 2016 Caragh Brosnan et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Brosnan, Caragh Chung, Vincent C. H. Zhang, Anthony L. Adams, Jon Regional Influences on Chinese Medicine Education: Comparing Australia and Hong Kong |
title | Regional Influences on Chinese Medicine Education: Comparing Australia and Hong Kong |
title_full | Regional Influences on Chinese Medicine Education: Comparing Australia and Hong Kong |
title_fullStr | Regional Influences on Chinese Medicine Education: Comparing Australia and Hong Kong |
title_full_unstemmed | Regional Influences on Chinese Medicine Education: Comparing Australia and Hong Kong |
title_short | Regional Influences on Chinese Medicine Education: Comparing Australia and Hong Kong |
title_sort | regional influences on chinese medicine education: comparing australia and hong kong |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4917680/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27379170 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6960207 |
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