The Department of Gerontology of Yunnan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine was established in the 1980s，It is the national key discipline construction unit of traditional Chinese medicine and geriatric medicine，National "Twelfth Five-Year" key Chinese medicine specialty construction unit，It is an important part of the key discipline of Chinese medicine in Yunnan Province，National master's degree program in traditional Chinese medicine and geriatrics,National Center for Continuing Education。Has a high-quality clinical, teaching, research team。The establishment of the discipline not only makes the basic theory of TCM geriatric medicine summarized and sublimated systematically, but also makes the TCM diagnosis and treatment effect of geriatric diseases make a breakthrough。Focus on the elderly cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, kidney disease, diabetes, osteoporosis and other common diseases of the elderly theoretical exploration and clinical research。 At present, there are 100 beds in the two wards and 48 medical staff, including 4 chief physicians, 7 associate chief physicians, 8 master supervisors, and 7 doctoral and master students。
The department has made remarkable achievements in scientific research. There are 7 national and provincial level scientific research projects, 11 departmental and institute level research projects, and 1 Yunnan Province health Science and technology achievement Award, with a total scientific research fund of about 900,000 yuan。It has trained more than 50 postgraduate students in the field of geriatrics in TCM and integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine。The construction of the discipline aims to highlight the advantages of traditional Chinese medicine, establish clinical, teaching and research bases of traditional Chinese medicine in geriatric medicine, train high-level clinical and research talents, improve academic and diagnosis and treatment levels, and strive to make breakthroughs in academic innovation and clinical efficacy。The academic team is composed of the backbone of the discipline, and has been working in the clinical, teaching and scientific research frontline of the national key specialty for many years. The team members have rich clinical experience and strong scientific research strength。The hospital actively supports the development of key disciplines and key specialties，Meet the needs of departments in many aspects，Actively provide funds for the department to train talents;The discipline has nearly 100 monographs and more than 100 volumes of periodicals, book information, network information and logistics support system，Medical, teaching, scientific research basic equipment is relatively perfect, good operation，The large precision instruments in the laboratory of the hospital are open to the research group of our department，It can fully meet the needs of the construction and development of this discipline。