Guest guest Posted April 10, 2001 Report Share Posted April 10, 2001 deborah21 wrote: > Thought you might find this interesting. > Deborah Turek > > Teaching ginseng in javascript > > April 10, 2001 > Web posted at: 1:12 AM EDT (0512 GMT) > > By CNN's Kristie Lu Stout > > HONG KONG, China (CNN) -- Greater > China Technologies wants to take > China's ancient healing practice into > the digital age. > > The company has joined forces with the > School of Medicine at the Chinese > University of Hong Kong to offer an > online education program on the art of > herbs. The program is scheduled to > start in September. > > Professors at the university are > excited about the plan to teach ginseng in > javascript. But bundling the ancient > practice in new technology is much more > than a gimmick. > > Ancient art, new standards > > Until three years ago, Hong Kong had no > degree programs in Traditional Chinese > Medicine -- or TCM for short. Now, the > study is getting more popular as it takes > on a more established status. > > " For the last two years, when we > started our program, every year we received > about a thousand applications competing > for 20 student posts in our program. > That can tell you how popular it is > among students, " says School of Medicine > professor Chun-Tao Che. > > Before, most TCM practitioners learned > their trade the old school way. They > inherited their knowledge from their > parents or studied under a master. As a > result, the standards of training have > varied widely. > > An online education program in the > healing arts could potentially narrow the gap > in standards among TCM practitioners. > > " Bringing TCM education to the students > in a very conventional way like > classrooms, clinical research, and also > on the Internet will actually help > traditional Chinese medicine > practitioners to get standardized, " says Kelly Cheng, > Greater China Technologies chief > executive. > > " Standardization is the key word at > this time for the development of TCM in > terms of narrowing the gap of the > qualification standards, or learning procedures > as well as setting up good standards > for the medicines, " adds Chun-Tao Che. > > The education project will be offered > on a subscription basis. > > Greater China has fronted $130,000 to > build and maintain the online courses in > English and Chinese. But Cheng says > it's only the beginning. > > " Our website not only has Chinese and > English, but will also have Japanese and > Korean. So with this collaboration I > hope we can launch this Web site or > education system to the rest of the > world. " -- Chinese Herbal Medicine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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