Busan National University, Busan Medical Center, Busan National University Hospital, and Busan Korean Medicine Hospital Sign Agreement to Establish 'Integrated Treatment Support Center'

Establishing a Collaborative System for the Busan Citizens' Mind-Body Integrated Treatment Network

Opening in January 2025, Presenting a New Healing Model Combining Korean Medicine and Integrated Arts

Pusan National University (President Choi Jae-won) announced on the 7th that it signed an agreement on the 6th in the afternoon at the university headquarters for the establishment and operation of the "Integrated Treatment Support Center," which Busan Medical Center (BMC) is preparing to open to build a mind-body integrated treatment network for Busan citizens.

On this day, Pusan National University, Busan Medical Center, Pusan National University Hospital, and Busan Korean Medicine Hospital agreed on the need to expand the integrated provision of Korean medicine, Korean culture and arts, and ecological healing environments to Busan citizens, and decided to join forces to establish an efficient cooperative system for the Integrated Treatment Support Center project.

Scheduled to open in January 2025, the BMC Integrated Treatment Support Center will be established with the aim of improving the quality of life of citizens by supporting holistic healing in the local community through integrated arts therapy (dance, art, music, physical education, etc.) based on Korean medicine and creating an ecological healing environment at Hwajisan, located near Busan Medical Center.

To establish the Integrated Treatment Support Center, Busan Medical Center formed a preparation team centered on Professor Kwon Young-gyu (Korean Medicine Physiology) from the Graduate School of Korean Medicine at Pusan National University and Professor Park Eun-hwa (Department of Dance) from the Department of Integrated Arts Therapy, and the agreement signed on this day laid the foundation for smooth project implementation.

Accordingly, Pusan National University, Busan Medical Center, Pusan National University Hospital, and Busan Korean Medicine Hospital agreed to actively cooperate on all matters necessary for the operation of the center, including ▲ cooperation and consultation on the establishment of the center ▲ securing evidence-based medical standards for integrated treatment ▲ supporting center activities and practical training for students of Pusan National University's Department of Integrated Arts Therapy ▲ clinical cooperation and support to strengthen the Korean medicine treatment capabilities of Busan Medical Center at Busan Korean Medicine Hospital ▲ and collaboration with community Korean medicine clinics.

In particular, the Department of Integrated Arts Therapy, led by Professor Park Eun-hwa, was established at Pusan National University in 2020 as the first department of its kind at a national university. Through Professor Park's consultation, the center plans to apply a new healing model that combines traditional Korean arts therapy with modern Korean medicine in its operations.

The Integrated Treatment Support Center is expected to become an innovative medical space that provides comprehensive management systems for the mental and physical health of Busan citizens and offers patients psychological stability and physical healing simultaneously through treatment programs that fuse Korean medicine and traditional arts.

The Integrated Treatment Support Center will be located on the 3rd and 4th floors of the Health Promotion Center at Busan Medical Center. The 3rd floor will be used for treatment programs and counseling rooms providing integrated treatment, as well as a cooperation room for Western and Korean medicine collaboration (Yanghanbang cooperation). The 4th floor will be utilized as a space for comprehensive medical services based on Korean medicine treatment, including Korean medicine clinics and acupuncture rooms. Additionally, the center plans to operate an herbal medicine preparation room in cooperation with the Standard Herbal Medicine Dispensing Center at Busan Korean Medicine Hospital.

Busan National University, Busan Medical Center, Busan National University Hospital, and Busan Korean Medicine Hospital are signing an agreement to establish and operate the 'Integrated Treatment Support Center.' Photo by Busan National University

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