Specifically, it refers to a training and education model based on learning from teachers, oral transmission and imparting experience to apprentices, so that the knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine can be passed down and carried forward. Learners can become Chinese medicine practitioners after years of teacher's teaching, taking teacher's examination and passing the examination, and obtaining the qualification certificate of Chinese medicine (specialist).
The latest policy of apprenticeship in traditional Chinese medicine. Practice directly after the examination: According to the latest policies issued by the National Health and Family Planning Commission, people who study Chinese medicine as apprentices or have real expertise in medical skills after years of practice can apply for the qualification examination of Chinese medicine doctors, that is, the apprenticeship examination. After passing the examination and obtaining the certificate, you can practice directly and become a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine.
Before the introduction of this policy, after the teacher's assessment, learners also need to take the assistant examination of practicing doctors, and they can only practice after passing the examination. Simply put, it is based on the learner's learning direction. Although the examination process has been simplified, the difficulty of the examination has not been reduced, and the knowledge and technical requirements for candidates are still very high.
Conditions for applying for Chinese medicine:
1. Apprentices must have a high school education or equivalent, and have been studying with teachers for 3 years continuously. Teachers must have the qualifications of practicing doctors of traditional Chinese medicine and ethnic medicine and have been engaged in clinical work of traditional Chinese medicine for more than 15 years, or have the qualifications of professional and technical positions above the deputy chief physician of traditional Chinese medicine.
2. After obtaining the certificate of traditional medicine training physician, the apprentice can apply for the qualification examination of apprentice practicing assistant physician under the guidance of practicing physician after the probation period of medical institutions in the province has expired 1 year and passed the examination.
3. Apprentices who have obtained the practicing certificate of practicing assistant doctors and have been engaged in traditional medical work for 5 years under the guidance of practicing doctors may apply for taking the qualification examination of traditional Chinese medicine.