As the CTCMA announced in January, CARB-TCMPA will stop offering the Pan Canadian Examinations in Chinese (simplified or traditional) after October this year.  Understandably, ATCMA members are disappointed, confused and upset.

 

From what the ATCMA administration can gather, the decision was made purely because of cost.  While we understand that it is not reasonable for CARB-TCMPA to lose money on any programme, we believe that CARB-TCMPA should have consulted stakeholders in the TCM and Acupuncture community in BC before they made this decision.  No alternatives were offered or discussed before this unilateral decision was made – we don’t know if they were, because no explanation was offered by CARB-TCMPA.

 

 

The ATCMA administration has spoken with the CTCMA to understand their position and plans.  The CTCMA board will be discussing options to address this change during their March 2021 board meeting, so the ATCMA administration will follow up with the CTCMA after that meeting.

 

In the meantime, we are sharing a petition that was started on Change.org asking CARB-TCMPA to reconsider the decision to terminate the Chinese version of the Pan Canadian exam in BC.  The petition raises important questions and makes some valid points.  Our members have expressed a wide variety of reasons for wanting to retain the Chinese exam, but most who have shared their views agree that it should be retained.  Please share this petition with your colleagues and friends:

 

https://www.change.org/p/petition-against-termination-of-chinese-version-exams-in-bc-by-carb-tcmpa?redirect=false

 

CARB-TCMPA对于取消中文版的中医国考测试的决定。

 

正如CTCMA在1月份宣布的那样,CARB-TCMPA将在今年10月以后停止提供中文版(简体或繁体)的加拿大中医国考测试(PCE)。可以理解的是,ATCMA的会员们感到失望,困惑和沮丧。根据ATCMA管理层所收集到的信息,该决定纯粹是出于对于成本的考虑。虽然我们知道CARB-TCMPA在任何情况下有亏损都是不合理的,但是我们认为CARB-TCMPA在做出此决定之前应先咨询卑诗省中医和针灸界的相关人士。然而他们并没有在做出此单方面决定之前提供或讨论替代方案。因为CARB-TCMPA至今没有提供任何解释,所以我们还不清楚替代方案是否存在。

 

ATCMA的理事会已与CTCMA进行了深入交谈以了解其立场和对应计划。 CTCMA理事会将在2021年3月的理事会会议上讨论如何解决此项巨大改动。因此,ATCMA的管理层将在会议之后跟进CTCMA。

 

同时,我们正在Change.org上发起一份请愿书,请CARB-TCMPA重新考虑终止在卑诗省进行的取消中文版考试的决定。请愿书对于此事进行了关键性的提问并提出了一些有建设性的观点。虽然我们的成员对于表示希望保留中文考试的理由多种多样,但所有发言者都同意应保留该中文考试。请与您的同事和朋友分享此请愿书:

 

https://www.change.org/p/petition-against-termination-of-chinese-version-exams-in-bc-by-carb-tcmpa?redirect=false