[PVA-L] Role of TCM Schools in pooling TCM data online for international users?

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great idea phil. If some-one creates the network, I can start getting

our students in veterinary acupuncture to contribute ;c))

 

anna

 

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> Hi All, especially TCM Teachers & IT people,

>

> Do teachers in western TCM schools network with those in other

> countries, including China?

>

> Are there any plans for an INTERNATIONAL Website that collates the

> outcomes from such exchange of ideas?

>

> IMO, TCM Schools / teachers are in a unique position to advance TCM

> information resources in two ways:

>

> (a) by pooling and logging online their basic lectures & teaching

> resources

>

> and

>

> (b) by introducing mandatory student-projects, whereby each student

> would be asked to prepare research on specified TCM topics /

> questions each year and to publish the outcomes ONLINE.

>

> Before before being uploaded to the School's Webpage, the outputs

> would be assessed and passed (or corrected) by the faculty.

>

> Over the years, and over many TCM Schools East & West, the faculty-

> passed student outputs could be amalgamated into a searchable online

> TCM encyclopedia covering a vast range of TCM topics (including basic

> TCM terminology, acupoints, herbs, formulas, patterns, S & Ss,

> contraindications, etc, etc).

>

> The scope of the encyclopedia could be increased further by inviting

> TCM teachers, researchers and practitioners to input data on existing

> topics, or to add new topics and comments.

>

> Several colleagues have tried to establish TCM Enyclopedias online.

> http://www.tcmpedia.com/doku.php and

> http://www.chinesemedicinetimes.com/wiki/CMTpedia etc were brave

> efforts, but are poor because of inadequate data and new content.

>

> Because TCM is a vast field, such work is far beyond the capacity of

> a few people. It requires massive input on an international scale.

> That is where, IMO, a coordinated network and INTERNATIONAL Webpage

> between the TCM Schools could shine.

>

> Best regards,

>

>

 

 

 

 

Best Regards/Ystävällisin terveisin,

 

anna

 

Anna Hielm-Björkman, DVM, PhD, CVA (IVAS)

Post Doc Researcher (pain evaluation and treatment, complementary

veterinary medicine)

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Dep. of Equine and Small Animal Medicine

P.O.Box 57

00014 Helsinki University, FINLAND, EUROPE

 

E-mail: anna.hielm-bjorkman

Tel: Work: +358-(0)9-19157391 Mobile: +358-(0)44-3270462

 

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