1. Purpose
To understand the present situation of the established subjects of Qigong and extracurricular activities of the students, the author attempted a grasp of the established Qigong-related subjects at colleges of Oriental medicine nationwide a...
1. Purpose
To understand the present situation of the established subjects of Qigong and extracurricular activities of the students, the author attempted a grasp of the established Qigong-related subjects at colleges of Oriental medicine nationwide and their students' club activities. And in order to prepare the basis for future improvement and development in the lectures, an evaluation was made on the lecture by the 'theory-practice-self study' system initiated in 'Yangseng Qigong(養生氣功) and practice' at Daegu Haani University.
2. Methods
To investigate particulars on Qigong subjects at 11 colleges of Oriental medicine across the country, their home pages were checked on in May, 2008 and a personal phone inquiry was also made regarding the items not to be confirmed from the home pages. The content of inquiry was compiled and sent to each college by e-mail to obtain the confirmation of the professors in charge or department heads.
To grasp the present state of the clubs for 11 colleges of Oriental medicine nationwide, the monitors for the whole clubs within the colleges were contacted by phone to inquire into, and with an agreement in advance, the monitors were inquired of their clubs' general situations in the manner of phone questionnaire.
And I surveyed the satisfaction of 'Yangsaeng Qigon and Practice' which is the lecture that composed theory, practice, self study for 120 students at college of oriental medicine in Daegu Haani University.
3. Results
Nine out of 11 college of oriental medicine offered course of Qigong and 8 as a major and 1 as a cultural subject. Daeguhaani and Wonkwang colleges had the science placed in the first and second year of their regular course and the rest in the preparatory course. The subject was 1 credit for 4 colleges and 2 credits for 5 ones. Practice was arranged independently for 6 colleges.
There were 6 schools with clubs related to Qigong and 12 clubs altogether in 11 colleges of Oriental medicine. The number of clubs were 4, the most, at Daegu college and the number of members were 61, the most, at the same school, too. As for the content of training, 6 colleges, the most, combined Junggong(精功) and Donggong(動功d). It was shown that in case of clubs without intramural space for training, there were fewer times of weekly group training, together with less training time. Of the 8 clubs with a coach, there was only one club that had a coach from Oriental medicine doctor.
In the inquiry for the satisfaction with the general class of ‘Yangsaeng Qigong and practice', 69% answered positively. As to the satisfaction with class grouping, 76% answered affirmatively, and as to the question "Agreement to the plan workable?", 72% said it was satisfactory, showing lectures by class grouping were made successful as planed. As to satisfaction with theory lectures, 36% were satisfied (38% unsatisfied), as to practice 90% was satisfied (2% unsatisfied) and as to the self-study and special lectures, 36% was satisfied (23% unsatisfied), showing the satisfaction was relatively higher for practice. To the question "Was it helpful in understanding hygiene Danjeon-breathing science?", 31% said yes (16% no) for theory, 87% yes (3% no) for practices, 32% yes (32% no) for special lectures, and 37% yes (28% no) for team assignments.
4. Conclusions
As seen in the inquiring result of 'Yangseng Qigong(養生氣功) and practice' satisfaction on the subject of college of Oriental medicine in Daegu Haani University students, the students were much interested in practical training of Qigong and its operational methods. Also, In their education goal, each college includes a therapy for the people's health improvement as a doctor of Oriental medicine as well as personal cultivation of their mind and body, and in the content of lectures, many colleges were including not only the concepts of breathing, its principles and history, but also its use for clinics.
However, all the colleges except DaeguHaani and Wonkwang, have established the Qigong in their preparatory course, revealing their knowing it as a basic course. In addition to educating the theoretical concept of breathing as a basis for Oriental medicine, it is considered necessary that the science should be placed in the regular course and taught to the students as a field of basis and clinics for Oriental medicine in order to enable practical operation in joint with clinics at the scene.
The textbooks and majors of the lecturers turned out to be varied, but as seen from the result of lecture satisfaction on 'Yangseng Qigong and practice', it was different according to the preparedness of the lecturers and satisfaction with the lecture material. Despite the situation that most schools have chosen it as a major subject, the subject name was divergent among schools and the textbook and the content of practice were also not unified. At the point of globally rising interest in Qigong, this will only lead to its weak competitiveness when advancing to the world.
We ourselves should be standardized and prepared. To this end, it is considered that there should be a common textbook for Qigong, and that specialized manpower to lecture on the subject should be cultivated.