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49-year-old candidates take the "Blind College Entrance Examination": fighting for a better life

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49-year-old candidates take the "Blind College Entrance Examination": fighting for a better life

On October 30, the 2021 National Medical Massager for the Blind was officially opened. A total of 77 people from 20 prefectures and cities in Guangdong (Shaoguan City did not have candidates this year) registered for the exam, 52 people applied for the exam for the first time, and the actual number of exam students was 69.

49-year-old candidates take the "Blind College Entrance Examination": fighting for a better life

A computerized exam for a comprehensive written exam.

The National Medical Massager Examination for the Blind is a national medical examination for blind medical massagers, the purpose of which is to evaluate whether the applicants of blind medical massage personnel have the professional knowledge and technical level necessary to engage in medical massage activities in medical institutions, which is called "blind college entrance examination".

This year's examination will be conducted in the morning for a comprehensive written test and a computerized examination, with 3 examination rooms, and a practical skills examination in the afternoon, with 4 groups and 12 skill examination rooms at the same time. In this examination, 28 directors and deputy chief physicians from the Second Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Guangdong Province, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and the Affiliated Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Guangzhou Medical University served as examiners.

Candidates: Get up at 4 a.m. to listen to a book to prepare for the exam

The reporter learned that among the 77 candidates, the oldest is Qu Yixin, a 49-year-old from Shenzhen. He told reporters that his previous hukou was in his hometown in the northeast, and he had just settled in Shenzhen this year, and he could take the examination in Guangdong prefecture and signed up.

49-year-old candidates take the "Blind College Entrance Examination": fighting for a better life

Blind candidates song with new.

"The first exam was intense and I felt like I was okay to play. This exam gives us blind people a chance to stand on their own. "After taking the morning exam, Qu Yixin was a little excited. In his 20s, he was atrophied and completely blind due to an accident. But he did not give up the hope of life, went to the Chinese medicine school for 3 years, and after graduation, engaged in the massage industry. 5 years ago, he also opened his own blind massage shop, hired several blind masters, "help others press well, very happy, this is my result, very proud." ”

This time to take the exam, Qu Yixin worked while preparing for the exam, and got up at 4 o'clock every morning to study. "It is very troublesome to not see with the eyes, so it depends on listening, and it takes several times more work to listen, and it takes several times more work than the clear-eyed people to learn."

But he still insisted on learning, and when he had a headache, he took a break. He hopes to pass this exam and get a certificate of passing the exam for blind medical massagers. Follow-up can also open a medical massage shop, apply for medical insurance fixed point qualifications, "guests can be a little more, make more money." ”

Qu Yixin also plans to open more branches, "As old as I am, most people are about to retire and go home to hold their grandchildren, and I am still working so hard to live a happier life." ”

In addition, the academic level of candidates has also improved this year. Among the 77 candidates, 56 have secondary school degrees, the main graduation institution is Guangdong Peiying Vocational and Technical School, 20 people have college degrees, the main graduation institution is Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1 bachelor degree, the student graduated from Changchun University majoring in rehabilitation therapy.

The result: Promoting medical massage makes blind people more valuable

Xie Xiangjuan, head of the Massage Guidance Section of the Provincial Employment Service Center for the Disabled, introduced that candidates who pass the examination will obtain the certificate of passing the examination for blind medical massage personnel issued by the China Disabled Persons' Federation, which provides access qualifications for blind people to open medical massage clinics and find employment in medical institutions.

49-year-old candidates take the "Blind College Entrance Examination": fighting for a better life

Meridian acupuncture device operation site.

"Massage is divided into health care massage and medical massage, health care massage is a means of treating diseases, relaxation and leisure, and medical massage is a process of diagnosis by doctors and treatment by massagers after the appearance of diseases, such as cervical spondylosis, frozen shoulder, lumbar disc herniation These diseases require masseurs to treat patients through a certain course of treatment." Xie Xiangjuan said that blind people have changed from engaging in health care massage to medical massage, which will help them increase their income and better realize social value.

49-year-old candidates take the "Blind College Entrance Examination": fighting for a better life

Practical skills exam site.

At present, more than 700 people in Guangdong have obtained the qualification of medical massage practitioners, of which more than 100 are employed in medical institutions. There are 1135 blind massage institutions in the province, more than 3180 blind people in the industry, and 9 institutions that carry out medical massage, of which 3 have obtained medical insurance fixed points, "At present, the mainstream of blind employment is health care massage, and the blind people are still promoting the work of medical massage." Xie Xiangjuan said.

Feng Jianjun, director of the Education and Employment Department of the Provincial Disabled Persons' Federation, said that Guangdong will continue to increase the employment training of the blind, broaden the employment channels for the blind, and create more employment areas for the blind such as piano tuning, psychological counseling, catering and coffee on the basis of massage and massage.

Service: Humane assistance for shorter students in exams

"Ordinary exams are seen with the eyes, and exams for the blind are audible, and they answer questions by listening to the questions." Wang Chen, deputy director of the Provincial Employment Service Center for the Disabled, introduced that the examination room for the blind medical examination adopts intelligent and safe facilities and equipment to provide a fair, safe and humanized examination room environment for candidates.

The examination room has 6 technical highlights, including electronic class cards, nano blackboard, full control of the podium, cloud desktop, classroom surround sound, and standardized test seats. Six security measures have also been taken, including electronic access control systems, barrier-free and non-slip access, grid wiring, secure desks, and panoramic monitoring.

In order to enhance the candidates' ability to take the test, the Provincial Blind Massage Industry Guidance Center held a pre-test counseling training course for candidates, as well as computerized examinations and practical skills meridian acupuncture equipment operation pre-test simulation exercises to help candidates master the examination methods and adapt to the examination atmosphere.

The exam also provides chairs for some shorter candidates, as well as a special assistance service to ensure that candidates can touch the higher acupuncture points when taking the practical skills exam to ensure that candidates can successfully complete the exam.

According to reports, this year's examination is carried out in strict accordance with the relevant document requirements of the normalization of the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, all examination staff carry out 14 days of health punching and collective nucleic acid testing before the examination, and the candidates are checked in 14 days before registration, and the 48-hour nucleic acid test negative certificate is verified.

[Reporter/Video] Wu Xiaoxian

[Correspondent] Kang Xuefeng

【Author】 Wu Xiaoxian

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