Talent shortage for restricting the development of

traditional Chinese medicine still primary bottleneck

Source: science and technology journal

    (reporter LuoChaoShu) for the first time since new China was founded in the national scope of traditional Chinese medicine in basic conditions of comprehensive investigation before results. The survey report shows that, the nearly sixty percent of medical institutions can provide service of Chinese medicine. At the same time, the report also points out that in our country at present, the average per population category of traditional Chinese medicine doctors number was only 3.06 people, the next five years, our country of all kinds of medical institutions at various levels of traditional Chinese medicine specialized technical personnel's intention demand will reach 517600. Talent shortage of the development of Chinese medicine constraints become primary bottleneck.

     The report shows that the national all kinds of medical institutions (including village clinic) years of traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment to provide service of nearly 700 million people, be in hospital services totaled 13.57 million, accounting for all kinds of medical institutions and in hospital medical services all the proportion of service to 20% and 16%, respectively; Traditional Chinese medicine category of Chinese medicine the medical group provided medical services accounts for about 62% of all Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment services, provide service of be in hospital of traditional Chinese medicine hospital all accounts for about 89% of the services. By village clinic of traditional Chinese medicine and provide the related medical services year-round over 200 million people. In the countryside, rural hospitals and village clinic is rural residents of the main provider of traditional Chinese medicine service, but there are 33.5% of the rural hospitals and 42.5% village clinic of traditional Chinese medical treatment does not provide service; Traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment can provide service of the village clinic national there are a total of 339400 a month, a Chinese medicine yinpian prescription of 35 million copies, but village in traditional Chinese medicine clinic with category (assistant) qualified person only 47600 people and the practitioners of qualifications and provide the a lot of traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment than service obviously deficiencies.

     To this, the deputy director of the state administration of traditional Chinese medicine YuWenMing in that held a news conference, in order to emphasize and strengthen pointed out that Chinese medicine talents, the future of the state administration of traditional Chinese medicine will strengthen high-level talents' cultivation and education contacts, pays special attention to the old doctor of traditional Chinese medicine experts academic experience inherit, excellent Chinese clinical talents program, the leader in the field of culture, Chinese medicine experts old studio and inheritance of traditional Chinese medicine academic school construction, inheritance studio At the same time also will pay more attention to the traditional Chinese medicine of talent training and development, and actively coordinate relevant departments, rural doctors in traditional Chinese medicine degree education, the rural traditional Chinese medicine has skill personnel into the village doctor management; Attention to the Midwest and urban and rural grassroots tilt of the financial support to urban and rural grassroots as the key point, strengthen the basic Chinese medicine service system construction and talents team construction, develop rural directional Chinese medicine professional training. In addition, the state administration of traditional Chinese medicine will also come to encourage individual especially old doctor of traditional Chinese medicine open individual Chinese medicine clinic policy.

     It is reported, the state administration of traditional Chinese medicine from since May 2010, began to organize the implementation of national Chinese medicine basic present situation investigation, survey in 2009 adopted various medical agency data, is investigating institutions at various levels, various kinds of medical institutions involved, including hospital, out-patient department, clinic, community health service center (station), villages and towns (street) health hospital, health center, clinic, village clinic, maternity and child care centers, nursing homes, the total of 739600. Among them, can provide traditional Chinese medical treatment service organizations have 440700, accounting for 59.6% of the investigation organization.