Department of Endocrinology

The Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism of Tianjin Medical University General Hospital currently has 114 beds, 42 nursing staff, and 6 diabetes education specialist nurses.

In 2016, the metabolic disease education and management subspecialty was established, led by Chief Nurse Yuan Jiqing, head nurse of the General Internal Medicine Department and leader of the diabetes professional team, to confirm the work direction.

The backbone of the team include Liu Ying and Fan Shunan, head nurses of the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, and Wang Bin, Yao Chunying, Xu Xin, Chen Jumei and Li Liuxin, the backbone of the department’s nurses.

The main tasks of this major include: providing self-management education for inpatients and specialist outpatients, establishing health management files, conducting follow-up visits and managing complications, conducting diabetes prevention and care training for members of the hospital's diabetes professional team, and undertaking diabetes care consultation work.

In 2015, the department established a diabetes consultation clinic, and in December 2016, the National Standardized Metabolic Disease Management Center (MMC) was officially launched. Specialist nurses provide patients with a full range of one-stop diagnosis, treatment and nursing services.

A one-day gestational diabetes clinic was established in 2016. A team of endocrinologists, obstetricians, nutrition departments, and specialist nurses provide comprehensive guidance on patients’ diet and nutrition, exercise therapy, standard blood sugar monitoring, and specific insulin treatment plans and precautions.

In 2018, the department prepared to carry out blood sugar management work for diabetic patients in the hospital, laying a good foundation for realizing online consultation and establishing virtual wards.

This sub-specialty has rich experience in health education management and can provide patients with multi-form, multi-angle and multi-level health guidance.