This is my first blog entry, and I will start my " journey in the sea of medicine" by speaking about my learning encounters with one of my former clinical prescription instructors, Dr. Zhang Jin . And I will also speak about her teacher, Prof. Shi Dian-bang. I met Dr. Zhang about eight years ago, in September 2002, during my six-month clinical placement at the Xiyuan Hospital in Beijing. At the time she was working at the International Ward of the Inpatient Department , where only the rich, the famous and the important could seek treatment. Back in 2002, she was also working closely with the legendary Shi Dian-bang, former honorary president of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, a well-known expert in TCM spleen and stomach diseases and also liver disease. I met Prof. Shi a few times at his specialist clinic. I remember him always starting his shift very early, at 7am on Tuesdays, and being forever surrounded by young students. On the other side of his
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