China News Service, June 24th. Chen Xinyu, deputy director of the Science and Technology Education Department of the National Health and Health Commission, said on the 24th that the National Health and Health Commission resolutely implements the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, and earnestly implements the Party's health and health work policy in the new era, especially It is to adhere to both Chinese and Western medicine, and has always fully supported the training of Chinese medicine talents and scientific and technological innovation.
On the 24th, the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine held a press conference on the "Opinions on Strengthening the Work of Traditional Chinese Medicine Talents in the New Era" and the related work of traditional Chinese medicine talents.
At the meeting, a reporter asked, what measures and work does the National Health Commission have to support the training of Chinese medicine talents and scientific and technological innovation?
Chen Xinyu pointed out that, first of all, in terms of talent training, the National Health and Health Commission, the Ministry of Education, and the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine have worked closely together to strengthen medical-educational coordination.
First, in the layout of talent training projects, always respect the law of Chinese medicine talent growth and the needs of talent training, take it into consideration as an important part of talent training in the health care industry, and increase support.
For example, with the strong support of the Central Commission, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and other departments, the National Health and Health Commission and the Bureau of Traditional Chinese Medicine have led the organization and implementation of the rural order-oriented medical student training project since 2010. Since the implementation of the project, a total of more than 70,000 undergraduate medical students have been recruited and trained for township health centers in the central and western regions. In this project, the enrollment scale of targeted medical students majoring in traditional Chinese medicine has been continuously expanded.
The enrollment of Chinese medicine majors has reached 14,000 in recent years, accounting for 21%.
In addition, there are talent training programs such as assistant general practitioner training. These programs together train more than 20,000 TCM talents every year. After years of hard work, they have now become the backbone of grassroots clinicians.
Moreover, as the "gatekeeper" of the people's health, he has played an important role in primary medical and health services and epidemic prevention and control.
Second, in the process of training and implementation, special attention is paid to strengthening the integration of traditional Chinese and Western medicine, and strengthening the knowledge and skills training of traditional Chinese medicine for general practitioners and rural doctors.
For example, in the training of general practitioners, general practitioners in the category of Western medicine are required to be familiar with the basic theoretical knowledge and skills of TCM general medicine, especially the learning of TCM diagnostic thinking and commonly used TCM appropriate techniques. Continuously improve such an educational system of mutual learning of traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine.
Chen Xinyu said that in terms of technological innovation, the National Health Commission has consistently increased its support for traditional Chinese medicine.
For example, in the major new drug creation and major scientific and technological innovation of infectious disease prevention and control organized and implemented by the National Health and Health Commission, after years of hard work, the level of research and development of new traditional Chinese medicines has been improved, and breakthroughs have been made in traditional Chinese medicine to deal with sudden infectious diseases. Significant results have also been achieved in improving the quality and efficiency of the traditional Chinese medicine industry.
So far, 89 innovative varieties have entered the clinical research stage, and 39 new TCM drugs have been approved for marketing.
In addition, with the support of major special projects for the prevention and control of infectious diseases, a number of TCM diagnosis and treatment programs related to major infectious diseases have also been formed.
Especially since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, the effective drugs screened by the comprehensive platform for the research and development of new traditional Chinese medicines supported by major special projects have been included in the diagnosis and treatment plan, as well as the familiar anti-epidemic "three drugs and three prescriptions", all of which have contributed to the prevention and control of the new crown epidemic. made an important contribution.