Chinese medicine has thousands of years of history and has established unique diagnosis and treatment theories, and practical methods. The effectiveness of these diagnosis and treatment methods has successfully stood the test of time. Classic Chinese medicine work, e.g. Yellow Emperor's Canon of Medicine, Treatise on Febrile Diseases Caused by Cold (Shang Han Lun), are famous traditional Chinese medicine classic books. The theories of Yin and Yang, the Six-Meridian Syndrome Differentiation method still guide the Chinese medicine clinical practice to this day.
CM subject group provides diversified programmes on traditional Chinese medicine for Chinese medicine practitioners and enthusiasts to choose from.
Postgraduate Certificate in Integrative Medicine (Pain Management) is an online programme. It aims to enable students from different regions to study the pain management related theories, diagnosis, and treatment by both Chinese and western medicine through e-learning, and to understand the role of integrative pain management from Chinese and western medicine perspectives.
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of the programme, students should be able to
1. Evaluate western medicine’s perspective on pain physiology and pathology, pain management, application of medicine and nonpharmacological management;
2. Evaluate Chinese medicine’s perspective and theories on pain causes, and how it treats acute and chronic pain;
3. Analyse the diagnosis and management of common clinical pain disorders in both Chinese and western medicine;
4. Assess the prospects of collaboration in pain management between Chinese and western medicine.
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