Traditional Chinese Medicine

The Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Provincial Hospital was established in 1958. After decades of accumulation and development, it has gradually developed into a first-level discipline with distinctive specialties and diseases, integrating medical care, teaching, and scientific research. As one of the comprehensive hospitals in China to establish a Traditional Chinese Medicine specialty at an early stage, the hospital was successfully selected in 2023 as a participating institution in the construction of the national pilot project for “flagship” hospitals integrating traditional Chinese and Western medicine.

The department places great importance on substantive development and talent cultivation. It is currently a collaborative unit serving as a teaching and training base for master’s and doctoral students of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Shandong First Medical University. It has 2 doctoral supervisors and 8 master’s supervisors; 53 medical and nursing staff, including 32 physicians and 21 nursing personnel. The team includes 11 staff members with senior professional titles and 7 with deputy senior professional titles; 29 hold doctoral degrees and 3 hold master’s degrees. The talent team includes 8 Shandong Province renowned Traditional Chinese Medicine experts, 6 national instructors for the inheritance of the academic experience of veteran Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners, 6 academic successors, 7 national outstanding clinical Traditional Chinese Medicine professionals, 1 national core talent in Traditional Chinese Medicine innovation, and 1 national outstanding talent in learning Traditional Chinese Medicine among Western medicine practitioners; it includes 4 instructors and 8 academic successors in the Shandong Province five-level Traditional Chinese Medicine mentorship program, 6 Qilu Biancang Traditional Chinese Medicine talents, 2 outstanding Traditional Chinese Medicine clinical professionals in Shandong Province, and 2 reserve trainees.

The department’s wards have 55 beds in operation, and outpatient clinics are available in both the Central Hospital District and the Olympic Sports Center Hospital District. In July 2020, the Provincial Government Traditional Chinese Medicine Outpatient Clinic, whose construction was led by the department, officially began operations.

The department is currently a national model unit for Traditional Chinese Medicine work in general hospitals; a key specialty under the “12th Five-Year Plan” of the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine; the Qilu Shanghan School Inheritance Studio; a key specialty and key discipline of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Shandong Province; the Shandong Province Traditional Chinese Medicine Preventive Healthcare Service Center; and an affiliated unit of the Shandong Province Quality Control Center for Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Internal Medicine. The department was selected for the national construction project for a “flagship” department integrating traditional Chinese and Western medicine. Several members of the department hold academic positions such as deputy chairpersons of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Work Committee of the China Association of Chinese Medicine in General Hospitals, chairperson of the Branch for the Integrated Development of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine of the Shandong Medical Association, chairperson of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Work Committee of the Shandong Association of Chinese Medicine in General Hospitals, and chairperson of the Professional Committee for Classical Formula Research of the Shandong Association of Chinese Medicine.