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Special Places at Which to Gain Firsthand Experience<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Medical Simulation Center<\/h3>\n
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Tzu Chi University inspires students to respect all living beings, develop their potential to the fullest, and also prepares them to be compassionate and competent physicians. Moreover, to promote willing body donations for medical education, TCU appeals to the public that \u201cWe don\u2019t possess anything; we only have the right to use them.\u201d<\/p>\n

To assist medical interns in acquiring surgical skills before operating on real patients, TCU pioneered simulation surgery, and invited experienced attending physicians to guide students to carry out tracheostomies, placement of central venous catheters, chest tube insertions, hysterectomies, etc.<\/p>\n

In addition to enhancing students\u2019 surgical skills, TCU\u2019s simulation surgery program also focuses on the humanistic aspect of life. It instills gratitude, respect and love into the hearts of participants, and thus has received widespread attention from many professionals around the world. Richard Madsen, a distinguished Professor in Sociology at UC San Diego, studied Taiwan\u2019s numerous Buddhist organizations, and went to great lengths to praise TCU\u2019s program in his book, Democracy\u2019s Dharma<\/i>, published in 2007. In February 2009, due to the introduction of this book, Mr. Ian Johnson, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, came to observe the operation of this program, in person, for twelve days, and wrote a front-page story entitled \u201cPoems and Tears for 'Silent Mentors' Spark a Surge of Cadavers in Taiwan\u201d in the Wall Street Journal on April 22, 2009.<\/p>\n