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China: Community Health and Traditional Chinese Medicine
From barefoot doctors to traditional remedies, the Chinese public health system has drawn increasing attention in the West. In this program, students have the unique opportunity to study traditional Chinese medicine and public health issues by working with professionals in the field in both urban and rural settings. Students will have the opportunity to observe traditional practioners of herbal medicine, acupuncture , and massage therapy, and, in some cases, receive practical training.
Based in the city of Kunming in Yunnan Province, China, and run in conjunction with the Yunnan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the program provides an introduction to the ancient philosophy, theory, history, and practices in traditional Chinese medicine, one of the world’s oldest, best-known, and most-developed medicinal systems, placing it in the social context of public health in China.
To facilitate their health-related academic work, students on this program also undertake the study of Mandarin language and Chinese culture.
