Gain knowledge in Chinese Medicine
ARE you a patient, responsible, proactive and self-reliant person with good interpersonal and communications skills? Are you keen on a career as a Chinese Medicine practitioner?
Are you keen on having a solid foundation in the basic medical sciences from the western scientific aspect together with knowledge of Chinese Medicine?
If this is who you are and what you are keen on, consider studying your Chinese Medicine degree at International Medical University (IMU).
This university is Malaysia’s first and most established private medical and healthcare university with over 20 years of dedicated focus in healthcare education. It is also the first Malaysian university to offer conventional and complementary medicine programmes under one roof.
With a solid foundation in the basic medical sciences from the western scientific aspect together with knowledge in Chinese Medicine as well as a substantial amount of time in hospital or clinic attachments, you are better prepared for patient care and to become competent Chinese Medicine Practitioners in modern healthcare facilities.
Narmathaa Kishore Kumar, a first year Chinese Medicine student, said: “The structure of Chinese Medicine programme in IMU is unique, as it is structured in such a way that we study different subjects from all the different fields of medicine.
“Since we are also being taught about Modern Medicine, we will be able to co-relate Modern Medicine with Chinese Medicine in the future.
“I believe that, all the knowledge that I am gaining and going to gain in this entire programme is going to be sufficient for me to become an excellent Chinese Medicine Practitioner.”
The integration of basic medical sciences and the knowledge in Chinese Medicine is important as it combines the best of both types of medicine and allows you to apply an evidence-based approach towards Chinese Medicine.
You will thus be better equipped to deal with the health challenges of the future.
Second year Chinese Medicine student, Cheong Weixin, said: “The Chinese Medicine programme in IMU is an interesting course. We are taught acupuncture, tuina, cupping and other treatment methods in Chinese Medicine throughout the programme. More importantly, IMU has an outstanding reputation for teaching and has partnerships with top universities which can bring us a very bright future.”
In IMU, you will be able to get personalised attention from your lecturers due to an emphasis in small group learning.
Studying Chinese Medicine within the medical faculty in IMU will give you many advantages as it allows for easier sharing of ideas and resources and a greater understanding by staff and students of the contributions made by Chinese medicine, western medicine and other health sciences to a person’s overall well-being.
“The modules for this course are relevant as it provides a wide range of knowledge, which is excellent to train students in becoming good, well-prepared Chinese Medicine practitioners.
“Apart from the conducive learning environment, helpful and experienced lecturers in IMU really motivate me to learn. I find Chinese Medicine challenging but I believe that we grow by challenging ourselves. After all, challenge is what makes it interesting”, said Uzma Aishah binti Mohamed Sidek, a first year student in Chinese Medicine.
Intake for this programme is in February of each year.
Applications are now open and the IMU welcomes students with pre-university qualifications to join the university as a start to a promising future with a career in Chinese Medicine.
For more information, refer to www.imu. edu.my or e-mail more@imu.edu.my or call IMU at 03 - 2731 7272.