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Why are Tzu Chi University’s medical students
required to visit the families of body donors
before their anatomy classes begin?
By visiting the families of body donors, the students
are able to learn more about the lives of the body
donors and, because of this, feel connected to them
as if they truly knew each other. Later, when the stu-
dents practice on the body donors, they’ll be inspired
to treat them as real patients with love, respect and
gratitude. Years later when they become doctors, it
is hoped that they’ll care for their patients with the
same love, respect and gratitude.
Tzu Chi University medical students visit a body donor’s family to
better understand the donor’s life. (Medical Simulation Center, Tzu Chi University)
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Do Tzu Chi’s schools have partnerships with
other schools outside Taiwan?
Since 2001, Tzu Chi’s schools have been establishing
partnerships with schools in other parts of the world.
In 2016 alone, Tzu Chi University, Tzu Chi University
of Science and Technology, and Tzu Chi’s senior high
schools had either established sister school partner-
ships or conducted exchange programs with schools
in Japan, South Korea, China, Macau, the Philippines,
Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, Finland,
and the U.S.
Tzu Chi high school students from Tainan, Taiwan interact with the
students of a Tamil school in Selangor, Malaysia. (Wen Bao-qin)
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