{"id":2974,"date":"2018-10-11T09:29:50","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T01:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsletter.tcu.edu.tw\/?p=2974"},"modified":"2023-09-22T11:45:50","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T03:45:50","slug":"korean-broadcasting-system-kbs-comes-to-taiwan-for-silent-mentor-program-to-spread-love-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsletter.tcu.edu.tw\/?p=2974","title":{"rendered":"Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) Comes to Taiwan for Silent Mentor Program, to Spread Love Around"},"content":{"rendered":"

Text: Chia-Yi Lee
\nTranslation: J.B. Willis, Steve J. Lin<\/p>\n

KBS is the national public broadcaster in the Republic of Korea. It operates radio, television and online services, and is one of the biggest television networks in Korea. A KBS documentary team came to TCU for the Silent Mentor Program, from September 12 through September 17. The project\u2019s producer witnessed the opening ceremony from behind his camera, with tears in his eyes. He had never shed so many tears before, and was touched by the Great Love manifested by the Silent Mentors and their families. If it was feasible, he wished to be a TCU Silent Mentor. He was so impressed during his visit at TCU, that before leaving Hualien, he donated NT$10,000 that was all he had in his pockets.<\/p>\n

Eight Silent Mentors took part in September\u2019s program. TCU pioneered this innovative way of teaching simulation surgery in 2002, and no other institution around the world has ever used this method before. Through the Silent Mentor Program, physicians or medical students can enhance their surgical skills, before putting scalpels onto their patients. A total of 40 medical students coming from China, Singapore and Taiwan, and 41 physicians from Tzu Chi General Hospitals attended. Moreover, two Japanese medical professors from Dokkyo Medical University also participated. Professor Guo-Fang Tseng, the Director of TCU\u2019s Medical Simulation Center, indicated that TCU has carried out its philosophy of education since its inception in 1994, and it was quite lonely at the beginning. Now TCU\u2019s educational philosophy is highly regarded in Taiwan and elsewhere, which shows that Tzu Chi\u2019s educational techniques have become popular among individuals and educational institutions around the world.<\/p>\n

In August of 2018, Dharma Master Cheng Yen was awarded \u201cManhae Peace Prize,\u201d which inspired many Koreans to become interested in Tzu Chi Foundation, and thus a team of KBS SPECIAL came to Taiwan, attending to the needs of its viewers. KBS SPECIAL is broadcast in the evening from 9:40 pm, after a news program. This program is popular among viewers in Korea, and covers social, scientific and humanistic issues. Many KBS audiences are Buddhists, thus KBS chose \u201ceducation of life\u201d to portray how Tzu Chi Foundation puts Buddha\u2019s teachings into action. At the beginning, KBS carried out this project the same way it has done for other projects, yet they were overwhelmed after going deeper into it. Instilling skills and knowledge is the major focus of many medical schools teaching anatomy, yet TCU emphasizes both the professional and humanistic aspects. Through interactions with Silent Mentors\u2019 families, students learn of the loving and caring deeds their Silent Mentors have done, appreciate their spirit of unselfish giving, and wish to enhance their own loving and caring hearts to look after their patients and support their patients\u2019 families. KBS members were touched by what they experienced, and the producer really wanted to let more Koreans experience all these things.<\/p>\n

Jia-Wun Ye, a medical student of Chang Gung University, wants to be a surgeon, and thus she wrote to Professor Tseng a year ago about the possibility of attending this program. Many people told her how good this program is, but she had never experienced it firsthand until now. She was impressed with Tzu Chi\u2019s humanistic culture, by participating in the entire program. In Jia-Wun\u2019s mind, having a loving and caring heart is vital for every physician, and based on this solid foundation, they can acquire skills and knowledge. She learned a lot from her Silent Mentor, who inspired her to care for her patients and support their families.<\/p>\n

Silent Mentor Wei-Yung Huang had Lou Gehrig’s disease. This disease is characterized by stiff muscles, muscle twitching, and gradually worsening weakness, due to muscles decreasing in size. As a result, patients will gradually experience difficulty in speaking, swallowing, and eventually breathing. Silent Mentor Huang passed away at age 53, when his son was only eleven years old. His son accompanied him all the way through and appreciated what the physician had done for his father, so he wanted to be a physician. Ci-Ruei Chen, a TCU medical student, felt sad that the Silent Mentor\u2019s son had lost his father at such a young age, thus he wished to assist him whenever he has any need in homework or schoolwork.<\/p>\n

Yeo Wei Ren, a medical student from Nanyang Technological University of Singapore, pointed out that he encountered a patient in Singapore who had an abnormal collection of air in the pleural space between the lungs and chest wall, and needed a needle or chest tube insertion, yet he was unable to do anything but ask for help. The needle or chest tube insertion is an essential surgical skill, so he felt fortunate and grateful to attend this program, for now he knows how to do it and feels more confident.<\/p>\n

Silent Mentor Toshihiro Nohara is a Japanese citizen, had married a Taiwanese woman and settled down in Japan. He followed in his wife\u2019s steps to become a Tzu Chi volunteer, and was inspired by Dharma Master Cheng Yen\u2019s compassion towards the underprivileged, so he volunteered his leisure time to assist the needy in Japan, and helped Taiwanese who got stuck in Japan to return back to Taiwan. Silent Mentor Nohara moved to Hualien, Taiwan with his wife after his retirement in 2015. To express his love for Taiwan, he left home every morning around 7 a.m. bound for the recycling station, to care for Taiwan\u2019s environment through sorting the recyclables; moreover, he decided to be a Silent Mentor, and leave a legacy of love. His son and daughter-in-law came to Taiwan to attend his memorial service, and the son said that his father loved Taiwan, and always put his love into action. Becoming a Silent Mentor was one of his father\u2019s dreams, and he was happy his father\u2019s dream had come true.<\/p>\n

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