高等中医药院校留学生通识教育的探索与实践:以上海中医药大学为例

General education of foreign students in colleges and universities of traditional Chinese medicine:a case study of Shanghai University of TCM

来华学习中医药的留学生数量,长期处于自然科学类留学生的首位。他们较多来自发展中国家,热衷中国传统文化,偏爱针灸等实用专业。中医药留学生的通识教育,能够帮助他们学好专业知识,更快融入中国社会,促进中华文化的全球传播。上海中医药大学在近20年的留学生通识教育中,明确教学思路方针,加强师资队伍建设,重视学生反馈,调整课程与时俱进,促进兄弟院校间的经验互补,进一步推动了国际交流;尤其《中国医学史》等课程,取得了良好的教学效果。在国内中医药院校及世界各地中医药孔子学院,积极开展留学生通识教育,将是全球中医药人才培养、中医药传承与发展的有效途径。

The number of foreign students studying Chinese medicine in China has always been the first in the rank of natural sciences foreign students studying in China.They are mostly from developing countries,keen on Chinese traditional culture,and prefer practical specialties such as acupuncture.The general education of overseas students majoring in traditional Chinese medicine can help them learn professional knowledge and integrate into Chinese society more rapidly,which promotes the global spread of Chinese culture.In the nearly 20 years of general education for foreign students,Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine has made clear the teaching ideas and guidelines,strengthened the construction of teachers,attached importance to the feedback of students,adjusted the curriculum with the times,encouraged the experience complementary among brother colleges,and further promoted international exchanges.Especially,the courses such as the History of Chinese Medicine,have achieved good teaching results.To actively carry out general education for foreign students in Chinese medicine colleges and Confucius Institutes of Traditional Chinese Medicine around the world is not only conducive to the cultivation of talents of traditional Chinese medicine in the world,but also an effective way to inherit and develop traditional Chinese medicine.