General Internal Medicine Department III

The ward of General Internal Medicine III was established in October 2004 and was the first special-needs ward in the entire district. It currently has 54 beds and 32 medical and nursing staff: 11 physicians and 21 nurses. Among them are one professor, one associate professor, one doctoral supervisor, three master's supervisors, one doctoral student and nine master's students. About 40% of the physicians have studied and received advanced training at renowned domestic hospitals in Beijing, Shanghai, Hunan, Guangdong and elsewhere. The department director, Professor Lü Shuqin, is an expert receiving a special allowance from the State Council, a recipient of the second ‘National 100 Outstanding Young TCM Physicians’ honor, an ‘Outstanding Medical and Health-care Expert’ of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, and a supervisor for the sixth cohort of the national program for inheriting the academic experience of senior TCM experts. She has worked on the clinical front line for 37 years and has played an active role in medical care, teaching, research, discipline development, talent training and science popularization. In 2022, the Lü Shuqin National Famous and Senior TCM Expert Inheritance Studio was established and has played an important role in the inheritance, innovation and development of traditional Chinese medicine. The department has formed a medical and nursing team combining senior, middle-aged and young staff, characterized by dedication, cooperation, enterprise and efficiency. As a general internal medicine department, it has the advantages of a specialty department, the characteristics of geriatric medicine, the competence of general practitioners and general-practice diagnostic and treatment skills. It actively advocates and practices integrated Chinese and Western medicine, combining strengths and compensating for weaknesses to provide patients with the best integrated treatment plan. In medical technology, General Internal Medicine III has always made highlighting the characteristics of TCM its priority and currently has five department-developed formula prescriptions. The TCM treatment rate exceeds 95%; decoctions, ointments, external herbal washes, herbal tea substitutes, herbal foot baths, acupuncture, tuina, acupoint application and herbal package therapy are all comprehensively provided, with clear clinical efficacy. The department always puts medical quality first, using core medical systems, the duties of physicians at all levels and technical specifications for all diagnostic and treatment procedures as its standards. It also keeps pace with modern medicine and follows the latest academic advances, and has considerable influence in Xinjiang and even throughout northwest China. The department is also responsible for the health care of retired cadres, rounds by the autonomous-region people's congress health station, and accompanying medical security for leaders at all levels of the autonomous region when they attend meetings or conduct research visits. In cadre health care it maintains a serious and rigorous attitude, puts patients at the center, and provides meticulous, wholehearted and considerate care. In the past five years, the department has led two national and provincial/ministerial research projects and published more than 50 papers in core journals, including three SCI articles. It participates in teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in TCM Internal Medicine and Integrated Chinese and Western Internal Medicine at Xinjiang Medical University, teaches the undergraduate and junior-college course in TCM Nursing, and undertakes clinical teaching and supervision for Xinjiang Medical University. All colleagues of General Internal Medicine III will work together continuously to improve disease-treatment capacity and clinical service capability and make the department a first-class general internal medicine ward nationwide that satisfies patients.