The core practices of General Surgery include surgery for breast tumor, thyroid tumor, gastric tumor, morbid obesity, small intestine tumor, liver tumor, pancreatic tumor, spleen tumor or autoimmune thrombocytopenia, gallstone or gallbladder tumor, inguinal or ventral hernia, and emergent surgery (ex. hollow organ perforation, intestinal obstruction, acute appendicitis, ischemic bowel disease, incarcerated hernia, etc. ) With the advancement of instruments and techniques for minimally invasive surgery, more than 50% of operations in our Division can be performed by laparoscopic surgery, including gastrectomy, bariatric surgery, hernioplasty, cholecystectomy, splenectomy and hepatectomy. With the aid of Davinci system, we also perform robotic Whipple operation, distal pancreatectomy, gastrectomy, and hepatectomy. There are 17 qualified and well experienced general surgeons in the Division including three professors, three associate professor and four associate professors.

1. Know the surgical indications for diseases including breast, thyroid, stomach, pancreas, hepatobiliary system, pancreas and hernia.
2. Familiarize with patient evaluation: history taking and physical examination, interpretation of laboratory results, formulating of differential diagnosis.
3. Perform teamwork and closely collaborate with other colleagues.

1. Pancreas cancer: Dr. Yi-Ming Shyr, Dr. Shin-E Wang, Dr. Shih-Ching Chen, Dr. Tien-Hua Chen. Dr. Kuang-Liang King
2. Gastric cancer: Dr. Wen-Liang Fang, Dr. Kuo-Hung Huang
3. Bariatric surgery: Dr. Wen-Liang Fang, Dr. Kuo-Hung Huang
4. Breast cancer: Dr. Ling-Ming Tseng, Dr. Yi-Fang Tsai, Dr. Kuo-Chung Wang, Dr. Gar-Yang Chou, Dr. Kuang-Liang King
5. Thryoid cancer: Dr. Chen-Hsen Lee, Dr. Jui-Yu Chen, Dr. Yi-Fang Tsai, Dr. Kuo-Chung Wang, Dr. Kuang-Liang King
6. Hernia: Dr. Che-Chuan Loong, Dr. Yi-Ming Shyr, Dr. Shin-E Wang, Dr. Shih-Ching Chen, Dr. Tien-Hua Chen, Dr. Kuang-Liang King, Dr. Gar-Yang Chau, Dr. Cheng-Yuan Hsia, Dr. Hao-Jan Lei, Dr. Wen-Liang Fang, Dr. Kuo-Hung Huang, Dr. Ling-Ming Tseng, Dr. Yi-Fang Tsai, Dr. Kuo-Chung Wang
7. Hepatobiliary system: Dr. Kuang-Liang King, Dr. Gar-Yang Chau, Dr. Cheng-Yuan Hsia, Dr. Hao-Jan Lei, Che-Chuan Loong, Dr. Yi-Ming Shyr, Dr. Shin-E Wang, Dr. Shih-Ching Chen, Dr. Tien-Hua Chen

The student functions as an integral part of the team:

1. They make pre-rounds on the assigned patients, attend morning and afternoon rounds with the Pediatric Surgery Team.
2. They attend and observe all pediatric surgical procedures (routine operation days are Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays), including pediatric and adult liver transplantations.
3. They attend to our Pediatric Surgery Clinics on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
4. They observe patient evaluations in the Emergency Department.
5. They attend to all academic functions in the Division of Pediatric Surgery, and Grand Rounds/Mortality and Morbidity Conference in the Department of Surgery.

Individual feedback

1. Courtney M. Townsend, Jr., MD, R. Daniel Beauchamp, MD, B. Mark Evers, MD. etc. (2008). Sabiston textbook of surgery. (18th ed) Elsevier Science Health Science div.
2. F. Charles Brunicardi, Dana K. Andersen, Timothy R. Billiar etc. (2010). Schwartz's Principles of Surgery. (9th ed) Mc Graw Hill.

The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology has five divisions: Gynecology, Obstetrics, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Human Genetics, and Laboratory. In Taiwan, our historical achievements include the first established cervical cancer cell line (1979), the first successfully detection of Down’s syndrome through amniocentesis (1981), the first sperm bank, and the first IVF baby (1985). Now our hospital has become one of the major IVF centers in the world, as well as the major center for high-risk pregnancies in Taiwan. Now there are 100+ beds available and 19 attending physicians in our department.

1. Learn and practice how to take integrated patient history, perform physical and pelvic examinations, and further make obstetrical and gynecological differential diagnoses.
2. Know the clinical presentations and treatments of common obstetrical and gynecological diseases.
3. Learn and practice patient-centered hospital care and communication skills.
4. Perform evidence-based medicine.

• Professor Peng-Hui Wang
• Associated Professor Ming-Shyen Yen
• Associated Professor Hsian-Tai Chao
• Associated Professor Hsin-Yang Li
• Associated Professor Chi-Mou Juang
• Associated Professor Yi-Jen Chen
• Assisted Professor Ming-Jie Yang
• Assisted Professor Nae-Fang Twu
• Lecturer Hua-His Wu
• Lecturer Huann-Cheng Horng
• Lecturer Chia-Ming Chang
• Lecturer Chi-Hong Ho
• Lecturer Hei-Yu Lau
• Lecturer Pi-Lin Sung
• Lecturer Jen-Yu Tseng
• Lecturer Kuo-Chang Weng

WEEK ONE

1. Attend obstetrical and gynecological lectures and meetings.
2. Practice in resident work rounds and attending teaching/ management rounds.
3. Visit the obstetrical and gynecological clinics.

WEEK TWO

1. Attend obstetrical and gynecological lectures and meetings.
2. Practice in resident work rounds and attending teaching/ management rounds.
3. Visit the obstetrical and gynecological surgical rooms and participate general gynecological surgerys.

WEEK THREE (selective)

1. Attend obstetrical and gynecological lectures and meetings.
2. Practice in resident work rounds and attending teaching/ management rounds.
3. Visit the delivery room and participate normal spontaneous delivery with supervisors.

WEEK FOUR (selective)

1. Attend obstetrical and gynecological lectures and meetings.
2. Practice in resident work rounds and attending teaching/ management rounds.
3. Visit the infertility laboratory and participate oocyte pick-up surgery and embryo transfer with supervisors.

Mini-CEX performed by supervisors.

1. Jonathan S. Berek. (2011) Berek & Novak's Gynecology. (15^th ed)
2. F. Cunningham, Kenneth Leveno, Steven Bloom, Catherine Spong, Jodi Dashe, Barbara Hoffman, Brian Casey, Jeanne Sheffield (2014). Williams Obstetrics. (24^th ed)
3. Marc Fritz & Leon Speroff. (2010). Clinical Gynecology Endocrinology & Infertility. (8^th ed)
4. Courtney Townsend Jr., R. Beauchamp, B. Evers, Kenneth Mattox. (2012). Sabiston Textbook of Surgery. (19^th ed)

The Department of Pediatrics has nine divisions, which are General Pediatrics, Neonatology, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Neurology, Pediatric Genetics and Endocrinology, Pediatric Infectious Disease, Pediatric Immunology and Nephrology, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology. As a department in one of the largest and most advanced hospitals in Taiwan, there are 185 beds available, including 28 in the intensive care unit (16 Pediatric ICU and 12 Neonatal ICU). There are also 20 seasoned attending physicians. To evaluate the different disorders in children, we provide many specialized modalities such as bronchoscopy room, gastroscopy and colonoscopy room, electroencephalography (EEG), electrocardiography (ECG), echocardiography, 24-hour Holter monitor, Treadmill exercise test, Cath lab, Lab of infection, immunology and hematology.

1. Learn and practice how to take integrated patient history, perform physical examinations for children, and further make tentative and differential diagnoses.
2. Know the indications and essential interpretations of specialized tests in children.
3. Perform evidence-based practice.

• General Pediatrics: Dr. Wen-Jue Soong, Dr. Mei-Jy Jeng, Dr. Yu-Sheng Lee, Dr. Pei-Chen Tsao
• Neonatalogy: Dr. Shu-Jen Chen
• Pediatric Gastroenterology: Dr. Tzee-Chung Wu
• Pediatric Cardiology: Dr. Pi-Chang Lee, Dr. Jen-Her Lu, Dr. Hsing Yuan Lee
• Pediatric Neurology: Dr. Kai-Ping Chang, Dr. Ting-Rong Hsu
• Pediatric Genetics and Endocrinology: Dr. Dau-Ming Niu, Dr. Chia-Feng Yang
• Pediatric Infectious Disease: Dr. Keh-Gong Wu, Chun-Jen Chen, Chou-Cheng Lai
• Pediatric Immunology and Nephrology: Dr. Hsin-Hui Wang, Dr. Jei-Wen Chang
• Pediatric Hematology and Oncology: Dr. Giun-Yi Hung, Dr. Hsiu-Ju Yen

WEEK ONE

1. Participate in resident work rounds & attending teaching/management rounds.
2. Attend pediatric core-lectures and meetings.
3. Visit pediatric examination rooms (EEG, ECG, echocardiography, Cath room, gastroscopy and colonoscopy room, bronchoscope room and Lab).

WEEK TWO

1. Participate in resident work rounds & attending teaching/management rounds.
2. Attend pediatric core-lectures and meetings.
3. Visit the pediatric clinics.

WEEK THREE (selective)

1. Participate in resident work rounds & attending teaching/management rounds.
2. Participate in pediatric consultations with supervisors.
3. Visit the pediatric clinics.
4. Attend the pediatric meetings.

WEEK FOUR (selective)

1. Participate in resident work rounds & attending teaching/management rounds.
2. Participate in pediatric consultation with supervisors.
3. Visit the pediatric clinics.
4. Attend the pediatric meetings.

MINI-CEX performed by supervisors

1. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. Robert M. Kliegman. 20th edition, 2015
2. UpToDate http://www.uptodate.com

The Department of Neurology in the Neurological Institute has four divisions, namely General Neurology, Cerebrovascular Diseases, Peripheral Nervous System Disorders, and Epilepsy. As a department in one of the largest and most advanced hospitals in Taiwan, we have 126 beds, including 12 in the intensive care units (8 in the stroke ICU and 4 in the neurological ICU). There are also 24 seasoned attending neurologists, five of them are also professors. To evaluate nervous system disorders, we provide many specialized neurological tests, such as neuropsychological examinations, electroencephalography (EEG), video-EEG monitoring (V-EEG), electromyography (EMG), sensory evoked potentials (SEP), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), cerebral hemodynamic test, cerebrovascular ultrasonography, vestibular function test, neuromuscular pathology and neurogenetic/ neuroimmunological tests.

1. To learn and practice how to construct an integrated patient history, perform neurological examinations, and further conduct accurate neurological localizations and differential diagnoses.
2. To learn comprehensively the indications and essential interpretations of specialized neurological tests.
3. To practice evidence-based medicine

• Headache: Dr. Shuu-Jiun Wang, Dr. Wei-Ta Chen, Dr. Shih-Pin Chen, Dr. Yen-Feng Wang
• Dementia: Dr. Jong-Ling Fuh, Dr. Pei-Ning Wang
• Movement disorders: Dr. Din-E Shan
• Neuropathy/Myopathy: Dr. Bing-Wen Soong, Dr. Kon-Ping Lin, Dr. Kwong-kum Liao, Dr. Yi-Chung Lee, Dr. Yi-Chu Liao
• Cerebrovascular diseases: Dr. Yung-Yang Lin, Dr. Li-Chi Hsu, Dr. I-Hui Lee, Dr. Chih-Ping Chung, Dr. Chun-Jen Lin
• Epilepsy: Dr. Der-Jen Yen, Dr. Shang-Yeong Kwan, Dr. Hsiang-Yu Yu, Dr. Chien Chen, Dr. Yo-Tsen Liu, Dr. Chien-Chen Chou
• Dizziness/Vestibular physiology: Dr. Li-Chi Hsu

WEEK ONE

1. Participate in resident ward rounds and attend teaching/management rounds.
2. Attend neurological core-lectures and meetings.
3. Visit neurological clinics.

WEEK TWO

1. Participate in resident work rounds and attend teaching/management rounds.
2. Attend neurological core-lectures and meetings.
3. Visit neurological clinics.
4. Visit neurological laboratories (EEG, EMG, cerebrovascular ultrasonography).

WEEK THREE

1. Participate in resident work rounds and attend teaching/management rounds.
2. Attend neurological core-lectures and meetings.
3. Participate in neurological consultations with supervisors.
4. Participate in the teaching clinic.

WEEK FOUR

1. Participate in resident work rounds and attend teaching/management rounds.
2. Participate in teaching consultation.
3. Visit neurological clinics.
4. Attend the neurological meetings and present one case with a brief clinical history and neuroimaging.
5. Visit neurological laboratories (hemodynamic test, neuromuscular pathology and neurogenetic/ neuroimmunological tests) (optional).

MINI-CEX performed by supervisors

1. Neurology and Neurosurgery Illustrated. Kenneth W. Lindsay. 5th edition, 2010
2. Merritt's Neurology. Lewis P Rowland. 13th edition, 2015
3. Adams and Victors Principles of Neurology. Allan H. Ropper, Martin A. Samuels, Joshua P. Klein. 10th edition, 2014
4. Technique of the Neurologic Examination. William E. Demyer, M.D. 5th edition, 2004.
5. Topical Diagnosis in Neurology. Peter Duus. 5th completely revised edition, 2011
6. UpToDate: http://www.uptodate.com

The Department of Radiology has nine divisions, including Musculoskeletal (MSK) Radiology, Neuroradiology, Ultrasound and Breast Imaging, Abdominal Radiology, Interventional Radiology, Pediatric and Emergency Radiology, Respiratory and Circulatory Radiology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and Imaging Center. Department of Radiology at Taipei Veterans General Hospital (VGH) is the leading radiological institution in Taiwan, providing the entire spectrum of state-of-the art imaging and radiological modalities and services in a comfortable environment, and producing the largest quality images and most efficient services. The department is also famous for all image-guided interventional procedures, either diagnostic or minimally invasive therapeutic techniques. As the frontier of healthcare provider, the Department strongly supports Taipei Veterans General Hospital, one of the largest and most advanced hospitals in Taiwan.

1. Learn and practice how to take the advantage of medical imaging to make correct diagnoses.
2. Know the indications and essential interpretations of some commonly used imaging modalities.
3. Perform evidence-based practice.

• Musculoskeletal Radiology: Dr. Cheng-Yen Chang, Dr. Hong-Jen Chiou, Dr. Hung-Ta Hondar Wu, Dr. Ching-Lan Wu
• Neuroradiology: Dr. Wan-Yuo Guo, Dr. Feng-Chi Chang, Dr. Chung-Jung Lin, Dr. Sheng-Che Hung, Dr. Chih-Chun Wu
• Ultrasound and Breast Imaging: Dr. Yi-Hong Chou, Dr. Hsin-Kai Wang, Dr. Yi-Chen, Lai, Yung-Hui Lin…
• Abdominal Radiology: Dr. Yi-You Chiou, Dr. Hsiuo-Shan Tseng, Dr. Nai-Chi Chiu, Dr. Chieu-An Liu, Dr. Hsien-Tzu Liu
• Interventional Radiology: Dr. Chao-Bao Luo, Dr. Shu-Huei Shen, Dr. Yi-Yang, Lin
• Pediatric and Emergency Radiology: Dr. Rheun-Chuan Lee, Dr. Ying-Chou Sun, Dr. Han-Rei Lee
• Cardiopulmonary Radiology: Dr. Ming-Huei Sheu, Dr. Mei-Han Wu, Dr. Chun-Ku Chen
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Dr. Jiing-Feng Lirng, Dr. Hsiu-Mei Wu, Dr. Tze-Chen Yeh

WEEK ONE

1. Pretest for the knowledge of medical imaging
2. Participate in resident work rounds & attending teaching rounds.
3. Attend radiological grand round and morning meetings.
4. Visit Respiratory/Circulatory Radiology and Musculoskeletal (MSK) Radiology reporting rooms.

WEEK TWO

1. Participate in resident work rounds & attending teaching rounds.
2. Attend radiological grand round and morning meetings.
3. Visit Ultrasonography, Breast Imaging, and Abdominal Radiology reporting rooms.

WEEK THREE (selective)

1. Participate in resident work rounds & attending teaching rounds.
2. Attend radiological grand round and morning meetings.
3. Visit MRI, and Pediatric and Emergency Radiology reporting room.
4. Visit interventional examination rooms.

WEEK FOUR (selective)

1. Participate in resident work rounds & attending teaching rounds.
2. Attend radiological grand round and morning meetings.
3. Visit Neuroradiology interventional examination rooms and reporting room.
4. After-test for the knowledge of medical imaging.

MINI-CEX performed by supervisors

1. Fundamentals of Body CT 3^rd Edition.
2. Primer of Diagnostic Imaging 5^rd Edition.
3. Radiology Review Manual 7^rd Edition.
4. Diagnostic Imaging, Peter Armstrong & Martin L Wastie.
5. Fundamentals of Emergency Radiology, Philip Wiest & Paul Roth.
6. Radiology of Chest Diseases, Sebastian Lange & Geraldine Wals.
7. Whole Body Computed Tomography, Otto H. Wegener
8. An Imaging Atlas of Human Anatomy, Jamie Weir & Peter H. Abrahams
9. Essentials of Radiologic Imaging, John H. Juhl & Andrew B. Crummy
10. Dynamic Radiology of the Abdomen Normal and Pathologic Anatomy, Morton A. Meyers
11. Double Contrast Gastrointestinal Radiology, Igor Laufer & Marc S. Levine

This 2- to 4-week rotation for senior medical students includes the following context:

1. describe the underlying pathophysiology of common infectious, cardiovascular, neurologic, traumatic, and toxicologic emergencies and use this information in the development of a therapeutic plan for an acutely ill patient (MK)
2. obtain an accurate problem-focused history and physical examination from a patient presenting to the emergency department (ED) with an undifferentiated complaint. (PC)
3. formulate a differential diagnosis for their patient's chief concern, prioritizing the likelihood of the diagnosis and considering worst-case diagnoses. (PC)

• Chief of Department: MS Huang(黃睦舜), CK How(侯重光)
• Program director: TF Hsu (徐德福)
• Teaching staffs: 18 EM attending physicians.

1. Clinical shifts in ED, including triage area, resuscitation area, trauma area, triage 3 to 5 area, observation unit, and EICU. (2 to 4 weeks)
2. Medical students observe the process of evaluating and treating patients in close conjunction with Emergency Medicine (EM) Residents and EM Attending Physicians.
3. Invitation to weekly EM and trauma pitfall conferences.
4. Invitation to didactic teaching rounds (5 per week) with senior EM Residents and EM Attending Physicians.

Global rating of end-of-shift evaluation
Special evaluation needs from referred institution.

The Dermatology Department contains 2 divisions: Dermatologic Diagnosis and Photochemotherapy.

The missions possessed at the establishment of our department are to promote adequate and high-quality patient care in clinical dermatology and to train professional dermatologists who are also willing to dedicate to education and research. Our department consists of 12 physicians, including renowned attendings, chief residents and junior residents, cooperating together to provide the best patient care and research. We offer most of our services on an outpatient basis, with more than 300 visits a day.

In addition to the general dermatology outpatient services, the Department allocates specialized laser treatment sessions especially for amyloidosis patients. An inpatient service of 16 beds is also available for the intensive treatment of severe dermatoses. We have many gadgets and devices to help patient with their skin problems, including liquid nitrogen for the treatment of warts and skin tumors, ultraviolet chamber for the phototherapy of psoriasis, and low energy level laser for vitiligo. We started to expand our cosmetic and laser dermatology services in 2002 and have different kinds of laser equipments to provide advanced cosmetic treatment, such as dye laser for telangiectasia and spider angioma, Nd-YAG laser for the removal of tattoo and some pigmented dermatosis, and Erbium-YAG laser for syringoma, amyloidosis and certain skin tumors. These treatments improve not only the appearances, but also the psychosocial well-being of the patients.

Recently, we built up the “Holistic Health Service System” in 2012, aiming to provide brand-new medical services by combining cosmetic medicine and health physical examination. We provide, in essence, all sorts of skin examinations and mini-invasive cosmetic procedures for patients looking for friendly medical environment and help patient “become beauty from inside out”!

Our faculty also has an active research arm, with prolific annual publication in some well-known journals both in Taiwan and abroad. The leading studies we have done in genetic and molecular biology of amyloidosis and psoriasis have furthered the understanding of their pathogenesis, and new approaches to the disease treatment. Studies of autoimmune bullous disease and follicular stem cell in vitro and in vivo are the projects we find exciting and would like to devote more studies in the future.

1. Learn and practice how to take integrated patient history, perform dermatologic examinations, and further make differential diagnoses
2. Know the indications and essential interpretations of specialized dermatology tests
3. Learn and practice different kinds of laser equipments to provide advanced cosmetic treatment, such as dye laser for telangiectasia and spider angioma, Nd-YAG laser for the removal of tattoo and some pigmented dermatosis, and Erbium-YAG laser for syringoma, amyloidosis and certain skin tumors.
4. Perform evidence-based practice

Dr. Liu Han-Nan, Dr. Chang Yun-Ting, Dr. Lee Ding-Dar, Dr. Chen Chih-Chiang, Dr. Chen Tzeng-Lin, Dr. Wan Wen-Jen

WEEK ONE

1. Participate in resident work rounds & attending teaching/management rounds.
2. Attend dermatologic core-lectures and meetings.
3. Visit dermatologic examination and treatment rooms (KOH, Tzanck smear, skin biopsy, cryotherapy…).

WEEK TWO

1. Participate in resident work rounds & attending teaching/management rounds.
2. Attend dermatologic core-lectures and CPC meetings.
3. Visit the dermatologic clinics.

WEEK THREE (selective)

1. Participate in resident work rounds & attending teaching/management rounds.
2. Participate in dermatologic consultations with supervisors.
3. Visit the dermatologic clinics.
4. Visit dermatologic phototherapy rooms
5. Attend the dermatologic meetings

WEEK FOUR (selective)

1. Participate in resident work rounds & attending teaching/management rounds.
2. Participate in dermatologic consultation with supervisors.
3. Visit the dermatologic clinics.
4. Attend the dermatologic meetings.
5. Visit dermatologic examination rooms

Tests performed by supervisors

1. McKee's Pathology of the Skin, 4th edition (September 9, 2011)
2. Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine, 8th edition (March 20, 2012)

The core practices of the Stomatology Department include Restorative Dentistry Division, Endodontics & Periodontics Division, Pedodontics & Orthodontics Division, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Division, and Family Dentistry Division. As a whole, the department aims to provide complete medical and surgical care for children and adults with dental problems. The department has 108 dental chairs, 24 ward beds and 2 operating rooms exclusively for oral & maxillofacial surgeries and pediatric dental surgeries. The Department has completed the greatest number of cases of oral prosthetics and removable dentures in Taiwan. We also take the lead in having performed the most oral and maxillofacial surgeries.

We focus on the balanced triad of development in clinical healthcare services, education and researches. As a teaching institution, the department accepts a maximum number of 40 local dental interns for 1-year training program, 40 resident doctors for general and professional training.

With long-term cooperation with National Yang-Ming University under the joint platform of VGH-NYMU, we are able to publish each year in international periodicals the results of our basic and clinical studies. In recent years, multi-specialty cooperative projects have been underway on subjects such as oral soft and hard tissue engineering, stem cell study and material medicine.

1. Learn the concepts of patient-centered and comprehensive dental treatment.
2. Pre-clinical training. Learn the clinical skill and dental knowledge.
3. Establish professional attitudes.

1. Chief of Stomatology: Dr. Kao, Shou-Yen, chief of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery: Dr. Lui, Man-Tin; chief of Family Dentistry: Yeung, Tze-Cheung; chief of Prosthodontics: Yip, Shing-Wai; chief of Periodontology: Dr. Lai. Yu-Lin; chief of Orthodontics: Dr. Wu, Tzu-Ying; chief of Pedodontics: Dr. Shih, Wen-Yu; chief of Endodontics: Yang, Shue-Fen.
2. All the attending physicians, chief residents, senior residents and interns would offer teaching activities and share the clinical experience.

Routine Schedule

• Morning meeting on Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri am 8:00-8:30
• Grand report on Tue am 7:30-8:30
• Weekly case conference in each specialty

WEEK ONE

• Family Dentistry
• Oral Maxillofacial Surgery (Outpatient department)

WEEK TWO

• Oral Maxillofacial Surgery (Ward department)
• Orthodontic department

WEEK THREE

• Prosthodontic department
• Pedodontic department

WEEK FOUR

• Endodontic department
• Periodontic department

1. Clerkship double-feedback for clinical learning and behavior assessment.
2. Minimal requirement checking list in all specialties.
3. Scoring with Teaching Performance Assessment System (TPS)

1. Principles and Practice of Endodontics,Walton and Torabinejad, SaundersW. B. Co.
2. Textbook of Operative Dentistry, Baum L. Phillips RW and Lund MR, SaundersW. B. Co.
3. Clinical Periodontology and Implant Dentistry, Lindhe, Karing, Lang, Blackwell Mundsgaard
4. Contemporary Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peterson, James R. Hupp, Edward Ellis, Myron R. Tucker, Mosby Elsevier
5. Essentials of Complete Denture Prosthodontics , SheldonWinkler, Mosby-Year Book Incorporated
6. McCracken's Removable Partial Prosthodontics, G. P. Mc. Givney and D. J. Castleberry, C. V. Mosby Co.
7. Fundamentals of Fixed Prosthodontics, H. T. Shillingburg S. Hobo and L. D.Whitsett, Quintessence Pub. Co.
8. Orthodontics Current Principles and Techniques, Graber and Vanarsdall, C. V. Mosby Co.
9. Dentistry for the Child and Adolescent, Ralph E. McDonald, Mosby Year Book Inc.

At the establishment of the hospital, Ophthalmology was one division of Surgery Department. It became an independent unit in 1975 and evolved into Ophthalmology Department in 1989. It is the first unit in Taiwan that developed microsurgery for cataract and placed the first intraocular lens in Taiwan. It is also one of the medical centers that introduced fluorescein angiography into Taiwan and the first one experienced in pathological diagnosis in ophthalmology. During the past years, we continued to progress in three aspects, including clinical service, medical education, and research in clinical and experimental science.

In addition to general ophthalmology, we provide outpatient services in several subspecialty fields, including cornea, uveitis, oculoplasty and reconstruction, neuro- ophthalmology, glaucoma and retina. We are equipped with many computerized and digitalized instruments that provide comprehensive eye examinations: fluorescein angiography, indocyanine green angiography, computerized automated perimetry, optical coherence tomography, IOL master, and Obscan et al. We provide laser treatment to various eye diseases by using different laser modalities including argon laser, Nd-YAG laser, Diode laser and PASCAL wave scanning laser. The four operation rooms used by our ophthalmology staff serve the patients coming from all parts of Taiwan who seek for advanced and delicate treatment for their eye diseases.

1. Learn and practice how to take history for patients with vision/ocular problems
2. Learn all kinds of ophthalmologic examinations, including basic ocular examinations and tests of cutting-edge technology
3. Learn the indications of ophthalmic consultation

• Retina: Dr. Shih-Jen Chen, Dr. Po-Kang Lin, Dr. Chang-Sue Yang, Dr. An-Fei Li, Dr. Ling-Ing Lau, Dr. Tai-Chi Lin
• Glaucoma: Dr. Catherine Jui-Ling Liu, Dr. Mei-Ju Chen, Dr. Yu-Chieh Ko, Dr. Tung-Mei Kuang, Dr. Yu-Fan Chang
• General ophthalmology: Dr. Pei-Yu Lin, Dr. Yu-Mei Chung, Dr. Chih- Chiau Wu, Dr. Ko-Hua Chen, Dr. Chih-Chien Hsu, Dr. Nai-Wen Fan
• Oculoplasty and reconstruction: Dr. Chieh-Chih Tsai, Dr. Shu-Ching Kao, Dr. Wei-Kuang Yu
• Neuro-ophthalmology: Dr. An-Guor Wang, Dr. May-Yung Yen, Dr. Hui-Chen Cheng

WEEK ONE

1. Participate in teaching/management rounds
2. Attend ophthalmologic core-lectures and meetings
3. Visit ophthalmologic examination rooms (FAG, ICG, OCT, VF)

WEEK TWO

1. Participate in teaching/management rounds
2. Attend ophthalmologic core-lectures and meetings
3. Observe and learn in clinics (Cornea, Retina, Glaucoma)

WEEK THREE (selective)

1. Participate in teaching/management rounds
2. Attend ophthalmologic core-lectures and meetings
3. Observe and learn in clinics (Oculoplasty and reconstruction, Neuro-ophthalmology)

WEEK FOUR (selective)

1. Participate in teaching/management rounds
2. Attend ophthalmologic core-lectures and meetings
3. Watch and learn from ophthalmologic surgery in operating rooms

Mini-CEX performed by supervisors

• Update on General Medicine. American Academy of Ophthalmology, BSBC, 2014-2015.
• Fundamentals and Principles of Ophthalmology. American Academy of Ophthalmology, BSBC, 2014-2015.
• Clinical optics. American Academy of Ophthalmology, BSBC, 2014-2015.
• Ophthalmic Pathology and Intraocular Tumors. American Academy of Ophthalmology, BSBC, 2014-2015.
• Neuro-Ophthalmology. American Academy of Ophthalmology, BSBC, 2014-2015.
• Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. American Academy of Ophthalmology, BSBC, 2014-2015.
• Orbit, Eyelid, and Lacrimal System. American Academy of Ophthalmology, BSBC, 2014-2015.
• External Disease and Cornea. American Academy of Ophthalmology, BSBC, 2014-2015.
• Intraocular Inflammation and Uveitis. American Academy of Ophthalmology, BSBC, 2014-2015.
• Glaucoma. American Academy of Ophthalmology, BSBC, 2014-2015.
• Lens and Cataract. American Academy of Ophthalmology, BSBC, 2014-2015.
• Retina and Vitreous. American Academy of Ophthalmology, BSBC, 2014-2015.
• Refractive Surgery. American Academy of Ophthalmology, BSBC, 2014-2015.
• Clinical Ophthalmolgy: A Systemic Approach: expert Consult, 7e. Elsevier. 2011.

The Department of Anesthesiology employs 152, including faculty, residents, fellows, nurses, and support staffs. Our department has four divisions, including General Anesthesia, Neuroanesthesia, Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, and Pediatric and Maternity Anesthesia, and a Pain Control Team, and unites all specialists in anesthesia, pain management, critical care, biomedical engineering, biostatistics and education within one fully integrated model of care to improve preanesthetic evaluation, diagnosis, medical management and quality of life for our patients. We take pride in both medical practice and robust scholarly endeavors. In addition to our monthly departmental grand round, our staffs engage in seminar, journal meetings, research meeting, simulation training for crisis management and transesophageal echocardiography, and M&M conferences. As a department in one of the largest and most advanced National Medical Centers in Taiwan, our department maintains a family atmosphere, hosting several social events including dinner and party to allow department members enjoyable and well attended throughout the year.

• General concepts of anesthesia
• Pathophysiological change during perioperative period
• Pharmacology and physiology of general and regional anesthesia
• Perioperative fluid and blood management
• Mechanisms and application of vital signs and comprehensive hemodynamic monitoring
• Anesthetic records during perioperative period and postanesthetic recovery
• Preanesthetic evaluation
• Patient safety
• Practice of core anesthetic techniques
• Advanced airway management
• Arterial and central venous catheterization
• Journal reading and presentation

• Chairman: Dr. Mei-Yung Tsou
• Section Chief: Dr. Wen-kuei Chang, Dr. Chiu-Ming Ho, Dr. Ya-Chun Chu,Dr. Chih-Cherng Lu
• Attending Anesthesiologists: Dr. Shu-Shya Hseu, Dr. Su-Man Lin, Dr. Lok-Hi Chow, Dr. Chun-Sung Sung, Dr. Ying-Chou Hsieh, Dr. Cheng-Ming Tsao, Dr. Chi-Chun Chu, Dr. Chien-Kun Ting, Dr. Pin-Tarng Chen, Dr. Kuang-Yi Chang, Dr. Shih-Pin Lin, Dr. Shen-Chih Wang, Dr. Shun-Chin Yang, Dr. Hung-Wei Cheng, Dr. Yi-Min Kuo, Dr. Ken-Hua Hu, Dr. Shu-Wei Liao, Dr. Wei-Nung Teng, Dr. Jing-Yang Liou, Dr. Kuo-Chen Chang

Mini-class core lectures:

1. Anesthetic visit and risk evaluation
2. Airway evaluation and management, including difficult airways
3. General anesthesia
4. Regional anesthesia
5. Postoperative acute pain management

Clinical activity:

1. Participate in clinical anesthetic practice
2. Attend the academic activity and teaching rounds
3. Attend core-lectures and meetings
4. Visit anesthesia preanesthetic evaluation clinics (APEC)
5. Participates in the clinical practice of faculty, fellow, and resident anesthesiologists including anesthesia in and outside the operation theater

MINI-CEX performed by supervisors

The Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department includes three divisions: General Rehabilitation, Neurological Rehabilitation and Orthopedic Rehabilitation. We offer a comprehensive multi-disciplinary program of physical medicine, among which physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, psychosocial rehabilitation and occupational rehabilitation are all among the best of its kind in Taiwan. We have 10 seasoned attending physicians, two of them also professors and there are 34 beds available for inpatient care. For high-risk prematurities in PICU, we provide early intervention rehabilitation programs. For those who have undergone open-heart or heart transplantation surgeries, we perform cardiopulmonary rehabilitation services. In order to meet special needs we offer specialized care services including repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy (RtMS), intelligence rehabilitation, intravenous laser irradiation of blood (ILIB), and vestibular rehabilitation. Our department performed variety kind of special examiniations that include electromyography, musculoskeletal ultrasound, vestibular/balance assessment, intraoprative neuromuscular monitoring(IONM) to provide patient comprehensive rehabilitaion care.

1. Learn and practice how to take integrated patient history, perform physical and neurological examinations, and further make a prescription and plan of comprehensive rehabilitation program.
2. Know the indications and essential interpretations of specialized examination
3. Perform evidence-based practice.

• Pediatric rehabilitation : Dr. Tsui Fen Yang, Dr Chih-jou Lai
• Cardiopumonary rehabilitation: Dr Cheng-liang Chou
• Spinal cord injury rehabilitation: Dr. Tien-Yow Chuang
• Dizziness/Vestibular rehabilitation: Dr. Chung-Lan Kao
• Electromyography: Dr. Jan-Wei Chiu
• Stroke rehabilitation: Dr. Po-yi Tsai
• Intelligence rehabilitation: Dr. Si-huei Lee
• Musculoskeletal ultrasonography: Dr. Jia-Chi Wang

WEEK ONE

1. Participate in resident work rounds & attending teaching/management rounds.
2. Attend rehabilitation core-lectures and meetings.
3. Visit rehabilitation clinics

WEEK TWO

1. Participate in resident work rounds & attending teaching/management rounds.
2. Attend rehabilitation core-lectures and meetings.
3. Visit united clinics of special sevices
4. Visit special examination room (EMG/NCS, ultrasonography, vestibular/balance assessment)

WEEK THREE (selective)

1. Participate in resident work rounds & attending teaching/management rounds.
2. Participate in rehabiliation consultations with supervisors.
3. Visit rehabilitation clinics.
4. Attend rehabilitation core-lecture and meetings.
5. Visit special rehabilitation services with supervisor ( RTMS, ILIB, intelligent rehabilitation, vestibular rehabilitation).

WEEK FOUR (selective)

1. Participate in resident work rounds & attending teaching/management rounds.
2. Participate in rehabilitation consultation with supervisors.
3. Visit the neurological clinics.
4. Attend rehabilitation core-lecture and meetings.
5. Visit special examination services with supervisor (vestibular/balance assessment, IONM ).

MINI-CEX performed by supervisors

1. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation by Randall L. Braddom, Saunders; 4 edition (July 12, 2010)
2. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Principles and Practice by Joel A DeLisa, Bruce M Gans, Nicolas E Walsh, Willian L Bockenek, Walter R Frontera, Lippincott Willaims and Wilkins; 5th edition (December 14,2010)
3. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation http://www.archives-pmr.org/
4. American journal of physical medicine and rehabilitation http://journals.lww.com/ajpmr/pages/default.aspx
5. American journal of sports medicine http://ajs.sagepub.com/
6. Muscle and nerve http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1097-4598

The Department of Psychiatry in Taipei Veterans General Hospital is one of the leaders in Asia Psychiatry. There are four divisions: general psychiatry, child-adolescent psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry and rehabilitation psychiatry.

There are 99 beds in the acute inpatient ward, 80 beds in the adult day ward, and 50 beds in the child-adolescent day ward, and 7500 patients/month in the outpatient clinics. We have 20 full time specialist psychiatrists, including 15 attending physicians (two full-professors, two associate professors, and 6 assistant professors) and five research fellows. Other five affiliated senior professors or consultants also involve in the clinical service and teaching training work actively. Our department is in the Taiwan leadership of research in Neuroimaging, molecular genetics, r-TMS neurostimulation treatments, and clinical –epidemiological study.

1. Learn and practice how to take integrated patient history, psychiatric diagnostic interview, diagnostic formulation and bio-psych-social treatments.
2. Learn the knowledge of psychopharmacology and clinical skills, such as violence/ suicide evaluation and management.
3. Learn how to be a leader in the multi-discipline psychiatric team work.
4. Perform evidence-based practice, and participate the psychiatric research work.

• Chief of the department: Dr. Ying-Chiao Lee
• General psychiatry: Dr. Shih-Jen Tsai, Dr. Chen-Jee Hong, Dr. Ya Mei Bai, Dr. Albert C Yang, Dr. Ying-Jay Liou
• Child-adolescent psychiatry: Dr. Ju-Wei Hsu, Dr. Kai-Lin Huang, Dr. Mu-Hong Chen
• Geriatric psychiatry: Dr. Yang Cheng-hung, Dr. Chia-Fen Tsai, Dr. Liu, Mu-En
• Rehabilitation psychiatry: Dr. Yuan-Hwa Chou, Dr. Cheng-Ta Li, Dr. Wei-Chen Lin.

WEEK ONE

1. Participate in resident work rounds & attending teaching/management rounds.
2. Attend psychiatric core-lectures and meetings.
3. Visit the psychiatric clinics

WEEK TWO

1. Participate in resident work rounds & attending teaching/management rounds.
2. Attend psychiatric core-lectures and meetings.
3. Visit the psychiatric clinics.
4. Visit the ECT or rTMS treatment.

WEEK THREE-FOUR (selective)

1. Participate in resident work rounds & attending teaching/management rounds.
2. Attend psychiatric core-lectures and meetings.
3. Visit the psychiatric clinics
4. Participate in psychiatric consultation with supervisors.
5. Participate the research meetings.

MINI-CEX performed by supervisors

1. Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry: Behavioral Sciences/Clinical Psychiatry. 2014.ISBN-13: 978-1609139711
2. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition: DSM-5. 2013. ISBN-13: 011-0743488109
3. Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology: Neuroscientific Basis and Practical Applications. 2013. ISBN-13: 978-1107686465

Family medicine offers continuous and comprehensive health care for all individuals and their family members across all ages.

Department of Family Medicine at Taipei Veterans General Hospital was founded in January 1985. We provide all-round medical services including outpatient clinics, preventative health screening and physical examinations, preventive care, co-ordinate and support of the community based medical groups and general practitioners, home visits, palliative care, medical education for medical students, internship and residency programs, and medical research. We have trained more than 160 Family Medicine specialists since our establishment. We welcome you to this clerkship experience to share your learning experiences with us. Our clerkship program will be tailored to ensure that you will gain a wide range of experience and the opportunity to develop your skills in family medicine. You will work side-by-side with our family physicians and residents for patient care The clerkship program can be arranged from 2 to 4 weeks including community care and/or palliative medicine based on personal interest.

1. Community Medicine
   1. Learning the concept of
      • Current community medical system and resources in Taiwan
      • Community based medical groups
      • Preventive care
      • Health screening
      • Community health promotion
   2. Visiting of long-term care facilities (nursing home, home-based care and visits)
2. Palliative Medicine
   1. The understanding of
      • Current health service model of the hospice ward, shared-care and home care in Taiwan
      • Cooperated end of life decision making and advanced care planning for terminal patients
   2. Provide emotional, social, and spiritual support for patients and their family members.
   3. Evaluate pain status and provide adequate analgesics
   4. Evaluation and controlling of symptoms of serious illness and dying process
   5. Complimentary and Integrative medicine in palliative care
   6. Empathy and communication training (Role-play)

• Tzeng-Ji Chen, MD, PhD
• Ming-Hwai Lin, MD, MS
• Chih-Kuan Lai, M.Sc
• Pin-Yuan Wu, MD
• Jui-Yao Liu, MD
• Hsiao-Ting Chang, MD, MS

Week 1-2, Community Medicine

1. Participate in community lectures
2. Visiting of general practice clinics, health-related government and institutions, long-term care facilities (nursing home, home-based care and visits)
3. Family Medicine Outpatient Clinics (including teaching clinics)
4. Group discussion
5. Report of a specific community health issue (optional)

Week 3-4, Palliative Medicine

1. Participate in resident work rounds, attending teaching rounds, ward rounds of Dah-der Hospice ward
2. Attend hospice team conferences, morning meeting, role-play sessions and hospice journal reading
3. Participate in hospice consultation, share-care, and home care with supervisors

1. A written report of your clerkship and learning experiences
2. Clinical ethics case analysis (using the "Four Quadrants"; approach)

1. Textbook of Family Medicine, Rakel, Robert E., MD, Ninth Edition(2016), Elsevier
2. Jekel's Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Preventive Medicine, and Public Health, Katz, David L., MD, Fourth Edition(2014), Elsevier Inc
3. Palliative Medicine, Walsh, Declan, MD, First edition(2009), Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc.
4. Clinical Ethics: A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine, Albert R. Jonsen, Mark Siegler, William J. Winslade, Seventh edition(2010), The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Population aging is the most critical issue in both individual and societal aspects nowadays. The percentage of people aged over 60 years will increase from 11.5% at present to 22% in 2050. However, increased life expectancy and decreased fertility rate are accompanied with overwhelming health, economic and social problems.

Aging is associated with changes of body composition, organ insufficiency, and progressive physical and cognitive functional decline. Multiple chronic diseases and increased pills burden are common problem in the elderly that increased the risk of inappropriate medications and adverse effects. Furthermore, functional deterioration, emotional stress and environmental limitation that will influence the independency and quality of life among the elderly. Accelerated aging process, that indicated by geriatric symptoms, represents the status of decreased physical reserves, increased vulnerability to external stressors, thus poor health outcome and increased mortality risk. Frailty is compatible with accelerated aging that is featured by functional limitation and sarcopenia. Multiple factors have been reported to contribute to the development of frailty and sarcopenia, including altered hormone homeostasis, chronic inflammation, excessive oxidative stress and undernutrition. Therefore, early identification of frailty and sarcopenia may play an important role to prevent the related adverse health outcome for the elderly.

More than controlling chronic diseases, functional interventional program and continuous caring models in different stages of aging plays important roles that assists those elderly to live individual life at home or in the community. Seamless transition between homes, institutes, acute-care unites and post-acute care facilities are an ideal way that decreases the burden of seeking assistance and also improves their quality of life. To efficiently running these caring models, interdisciplinary team work for each individual setting is necessary. At the final end of life, how to help the elderly understating the meaning of advanced life directives, palliative care, and do-not-resuscitate decision elderly on their own decision is also an important issue in life.

Therefore, that's important to learn how to identify geriatric syndromes including frailty and sarcopenia, how to cope with multimorbidities and polypharmacy, and how to manage the seamless continuous caring models by interdisciplinary team work through this course. The main point is to improve the quality of life of the elderly, but not to increase the suffering in prolonged life expectancy.

1. Understand the basic principle of managing chronic diseases and multi-mobidities
2. Learn how to identify geriatric syndromes, frailty and sarcopenia through comprehensive geriatric assessment, and set the appropriate treatment goal of each individual
3. Learn how to cope with problems of polypharmacy and adverse drug effects
4. Understand the interdisciplinary team work models when taking care of complicated patient
5. Familiar with seamless caring models on transition between community, institutes, acute hospital, and post-acute care facilities
6. Learn the role of past-acute care program and the timing for referral
7. Learn the significance of dementia, treatment options, and non-pharmacological therapies
8. Take a galance of gerotechnology and assistant prosthesis in patient with functioanl or cognitive limitation
9. Familiar with advanced life directives, palliative care, and end-of-life decisions in the elderly

• Liang-Kung Chen
• Ming-Hsien Lin
• Li-Ning Peng
• Liang-Yu Chen
• Li-Kuo Liu
• An-Chun Hwang
• Yi-Hui Wu
• Chung-Yu Huang

WEEK ONE

1. Participate in resident work rounds & attending teaching/management rounds.
2. Attend rehabilitation core-lectures and meetings.
3. Visit rehabilitation clinics

WEEK TWO

1. Introduction of Post-acute care (PAC) program for functional decline
2. Community-caring program at home and in long-term care facilities
3. Social resources and family support through care-manager
4. Parameters for monitoring at home for patients with chronic diseases
5. Emergent symptoms/signs for seeking medical assistance at home and in the facilities
6. Visit PAC hospital at Yuan-Shan veteran hospital or Taoyuan veteran hospital

WEEK THREE

1. Learn the importance of "International Classificantion of Functioning, Disability, and Health."
2. Learn the assessment of physical functional and undernutrition
3. Training program for functional dependence: muscle power, endurance, and balance
4. Intervention for gait disturbance and fall prevention
5. Walking assistance and other assistance devices in patients with functional impairment

WEEK FOUR

1. Dementia caring projects in the elderly and different caring settings for patients with dementia
2. Visit dementia caring, education, and research center at Jia-Li Veteran Home, Tainan, Taiwan
3. Skillings when taking care of people with dementia
4. Non-pharmacological therapies and activites for people with dementia
5. Management of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia in facilities

1. Describe the significance of geriatric syndrome, frailty and sarcopenia
2. Describe the different interventional and caring models for functional decline
3. Describe how to identify problems of polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medications
4. Describe the significance of dementia, delirium, medication choices and non-pharmacological therapies
5. Describe the basic principles of rehabilitation program designing

1. Hazzard's Geriatric Medicine& Gerontology, 6^th edition
2. American Geriatrics Society 2012 Beers Criteria Update Expert Panel. American Geriatrics Society updated Beers Criteria for potentially inappropriate medication use in older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2012;60(4):616-31.
3. Boyd et al. Clinical practice guidelines and quality of care for older patients with multiple comorbid diseases: implications for pay for performance. JAMA. 2005;294(6):716-24
4. Hochberg MC1, Altman RD, April KT, et al. American Collage of Rheumatology 2012 Recommendation for the Use of Nonpharmacologic and Pharmacologic Therapies in Osteoarthritis of the Hand, Hip, and Knee. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2012;64:465-74.
5. Kane RL1, Shamliyan T, Talley K, Pacala J. The Association Between Geriatric Syndromes and Survival. J Am Geriatr Soc 2012;60:896-904.
6. Kirkman MS, Briscoe VJ, Clark N, et al. Diabetes in Older Adults: A Consensus Report. Diabetes Care 2012;35:2650-2664
7. Craen KV, Braes T, Wellens N, et al. Effectiveness of Inpatient Geriatric Evaluation and Management Units: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Am Geriatr Soc 2010;58:83-92.
8. Young J. The development of intermediate care services in England. Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2009;49 Suppl 2:S21-5

Acupuncture, by using dry needles or moxa, has been used in Chinese society for more than 2,000 years. The evidence exits in Hwang-Ti-Nei-Jing (黃帝內經) which is the first and greatest book of Chinese Medicine and has been proved to be written around Han Dynasty, during the 1st century. It records the idea of Ying and Yang, meridians, organs function, Ching (精) Chi (氣) Shen (神) and different needles used in treatment and ways of manipulation, prevention of illness, exercise by following the nature in daily activities and so on. According to this Book, ancient Chinese doctors developed herb treatment and diagnostic rules, including visible check-up (望診) and pulse diagnosis, five elements (五行), etc. Maybe, Chinese society at then paid much attention on its tradition and ancestors. People purely kept the idea of ancient way and seemed very hard to get changed or absorb new knowledge. However, they were all in the past and no way and no reason to be influenced by the modern people now.

Puncture dry needles into specific points of body. Effective results occur with sensation of De-Chi (得氣). This offers analgesic and regulation function. Acu-points locate on 14 meridians lying over the body surface and connecting limbs and trunks with the internal organs. Not only dry needles but also moxa, cupping, electricity, laser, massage, all physical ways can give stimulation over the human body. The mechanism for it is through the neuro-endocrine system as modern language or through the Chi and Blood circulation as the ancient Chinese language.

Learning the TCM basic theory, Chinese herbal medicine, Acupuncture, Acupoints and Meridian with lecture and clinical observation.

Dr. FP Chen, Dr. YY Kung, Dr. TP Wu, Dr. JL Yang, Dr. CR Hsieh, Dr. CM Chang, Dr. TF Li and Dr. CY Hsieh

WEEK ONE

1. TCM Basic Theory
2. TCM & Herbal medicine

WEEK TWO

1. TCM & Acupuncture
2. Ear Acupuncture

WEEK THREE

1. TCM & Meridian (1)
2. TCM & Meridian (2)

WEEK FOUR

Integrative Medicine

1. Meridian
2. Acuponints
3. Ear Acupuncture

1. Nigel A. R. Wiseman, Introduction to Chinese Medicine, 2005
2. Fundamentals of Chinese Medicine. Wiseman N, Ellis A, & Zmiewski P. Paradigm Publications, Brookline MA. 1985. 600 pages.
3. Fundamentals of Chinese Acupuncture. Ellis A, Wiseman N, & Boss K. Paradigm Publications,
4. Chen FP, Kung YY, Chen TJ, Hwang SJ. Demographics and patterns of acupuncture use in the Chinese population: the Taiwan experience. J Altern Complement Med. 2006
5. Kung YY, Chen YC, Hwang SJ, Chen TJ, Chen FP. The prescriptions frequencies and patterns of Chinese herbal medicine for allergic rhinitis in Taiwan. Allergy. 2006
6. Chen FP, Chen TJ, Kung YY, Chen YC, Chou LF, Chen FJ, Hwang SJ. Use frequency of traditional Chinese medicine in Taiwan. BMC Health Serv Res. 2007
7. Yeh HY, Chen YC, Chen FP, Chou LF, Chen TJ, Hwang SJ. Use of traditional Chinese medicine among pregnant women in Taiwan. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2009

The Department of Pharmacy at Taipei VGH features three divisions, Dispensing, Compounding, and Clinical Pharmacy, driving multidisciplinary collaboration, pharmacist-led clinics, and the integration of artificial intelligence and advanced health technologies throughout pharmacy services. With systems such as barcode-assisted dispensing, automation, clinical decision support, and AI-powered risk alerts, we ensure medication safety and foster continuous innovation.

Our international training program offers immersive clinical electives combining hospital dispensing, specialty clinical rotations, and hands-on mentorship from expert pharmacists. Since 2010, we have welcomed over 80 trainees from more than 20 countries, collaborating with leading institutions worldwide. We invite global pharmacy students and young pharmacists to join us and experience pharmacy education and practice powered by AI and smart technology, opening new horizons in global pharmacy.

• Experience Integrated Pharmacy Services: Participate in all aspects of inpatient, outpatient, and clinical pharmacy using advanced and AI-driven systems.
• Advance Collaborative Patient Care: Build effective pharmacist–patient and team relationships to ensure high-quality care.
• Support Seamless Continuity of Care: Utilize digital processes to maintain continuity across all healthcare settings.
• Apply and Record Clinical Expertise: Translate pharmacy knowledge into patient care and document interventions accurately.

• Director of Pharmacy: Chian-Ying Chou, Ph.D., RPh.
• Division Chiefs of Dispensing, Compounding and Clinical Pharmacy
• Our clinical pharmacist will be your assigned preceptor.

WEEK ONE

1. Introduction of our pharmacy services & medication safety management system
2. Outpatient pharmacy services
3. Outpatient drug information services.

WEEK TWO

1. Inpatient pharmacy services.
2. Traditional medicine pharmacy services.
3. Oncology and parenteral nutrition pharmacy services.

WEEK THREE

Clinical pharmacy services.

WEEK SIX

1. Clinical pharmacy services.
2. Final oral presentation.
3. Bidirectional communication with our director.

※ Academic meetings for trainees are mandatory.

※ Training program may be tailored to span four weeks or more.

• Final oral presentation with slides and abstract submission.
• Satisfaction & Comments/Feedback for our elective APPEs.

Reading materials are assigned by preceptors individually.