My vision for the ideal future model of physician training is this:
First, all practitioners should receive standardized modern medical education, obtain a medical license, and practice conventional medicine for at least five years. After that, those who are intellectually curious, highly dedicated, and genuinely motivated to deepen their clinical skills could pursue formal training in Traditional Chinese Medicine.
At that stage, they would study classical works such as the Shang Han Lun and Zhen Jiu Da Cheng, while also apprenticing under experienced clinicians for an additional two years of hands-on clinical training.
People without a licensed medical background should not be allowed to independently practice or clinically apply Chinese medicine. Raising the entry barrier for the profession would help reduce fraud, decrease the stigmatization of TCM, and better protect patients.
In my opinion, the future of Chinese medicine should be built on rigorous medical training, real clinical experience, and accountability to patient outcomes — not mysticism or marketing.