The Practice of "Reverse Teaching" in Bilingual Education of Acupuncture and Moxibustion

Purpose: Acupuncture and Moxibustion is a vital clinical course. Due to the worldwide application of acupuncture and moxibustion, it seems inevitable to teach Acupuncture and Moxibustion bilingually. In this way, what is urgently required to improve the ability of the students to use clinical language internationally accepted relating to acupuncture and moxibustion in a short time. Procedure: Based on the consideration of bilingual teaching in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and the reflection on the shortcomings in current Acupuncture and Moxibustion bilingual teaching, we put forward the method of "Three Steps of Bilingual Teaching" to upgrade the quality of bilingual teaching in Acupuncture and Moxibustion in College of TCM across the country. Result: According to the practice of "Three Steps of Bilingual Teaching", mainly Acupuncture and Moxibustion teaching, practice launched by Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the ability to explaining TCM-related problems, and communicating with patients in examination and diagnosis has been significantly improved. In such a condition, "the reverse teaching method" has proved to be effective and efficient. Conclusion: "Reverse teaching method" is a positive exploration in how to cultivate more high-quality bilingual TCM professionals. It promote bilingual teaching to go more in depth, where students are motivated to study bilingual TCM on their own initiative and get enormous improvement in medicinal English.