On September 22 evening, the Confucius Institute in Edmonton organized a Chinese Traditional Medicine workshop named “Integrative Compassionate Medicine for the 21st Century and Beyond”. It is one of the series of activities to celebrate the 4th Global Confucius Institute Day. More than 100 people attended the workshop.
Dr. Steven Aung, the clinical professor of Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry of University of Alberta and adjunct professor of Extension, Rehabilitation Medicine, Public Health, and Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences of University of Alberta, demonstrated the integrative compassionate medicine by emphasizing using the best of TCM and the various complementary therapies in a competent, conservative, communicative and compassionate manner.
Followed by Q and A, Dr. Aung also made a diagnosis for some audiences and used Qigong therapy. All the audience were impressed by the presentation. They could conclude from the presentation that “East meeting West makes the best”.