title: [Feasibility analysis on the discipline of acupuncture-moxibustion and Tuina to be the top-grade discipline].
abstract: By reviewing the historical evolution of the major catalogue adjustment of the discipline of acupuncture-moxibustion and Tuina for the graduate students, the current situation of the development of the discipline of acupuncture-moxibustion and Tuina is analyzed deeply in this paper. Based on the basic requirements of the setup and the adjustment of the top-grade discipline in the Discipline Catalogue Setup and Administrative Measures for the Academic Degree Award and Personnel Training (Academic Degree [2009] No. 10 Document) issued by the Academic Degree Committee of the State Council and the Ministry of Education, with the strictly analysis, the author proposed that the discipline of acupuncture-moxibustion and Tuina should be set up to be the top-grade discipline. The author stated that the discipline of acupuncture-moxibustion and Tuina possessed the explicit study object and had many assignable second-grade disciplines. It could be acknowledged extensively in the academic field in terms of the setup of the top-grade discipline. The author expounded adequately the necessity of the stable and urgent requirements for the talents of the discipline of acupuncture-moxibustion and Tuina in the society, which provided the reference evidences for the adjustments of the discipline and major catalogue in the future.
authors.affiliation: College of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Changchun University of TCM, Changchun, 130117 Jilin Province, China. fuchenwang420@126.com
authors.forename: Fu-Chun
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D009071:Moxibustion / Q000592:standards*; D026201:Musculoskeletal Manipulations / Q000592:standards*; D012586:Science