Associate Professor Linda Zhong, director of biomedical sciences and Chinese medicine at NTU, said the university will work with TTSH’s allied health physicians and doctors to assess a patient’s suitability for TCM treatment.
“(We will) then decide in what conditions we can use acupuncture, and what is the frequency and what is the duration of the acupuncture will be treated to the patients. This will ensure the patient’s safety, and then we can assess their effectiveness,” she added.
NTU STUDENTS TO DO CLINICAL ROTATION
From 2027, NTU’s Chinese Medicine students will also do a 13-week clinical rotation at the hospital for three hours a week in their final year.
The aim is to prepare a new generation of TCM practitioners to serve a rising demand for treatments that mix Eastern and Western medicine.
