"Community acupuncture requires skill beyond what I was taught in school . . .  Community acupuncture is an attempt to address this need (the flawed U.S. health care system) through a sustainable business model that offers affordable health care to most people in the community while enabling the acupuncturist to make a living."

Pamela O'Malley Chang, Lac California Journal of Oriental Medicine, Fall/Winter 2008

This course clarifies the essential skills for competent practice and administration of a community acupuncture clinic. Practical, clinical training will focus on how to identify the most commonly presenting patterns associated with pain, stress, anxiety and depression; as well as treatment point-protocols for alleviating these patterns. Emphasis is on clear and quick diagnosis using tongue and pulse and a minimum of questions. Students will learn the essentials of how to manage a community style clinic as well as suggestions about how to approach hospitals and other western medical professionals about including such a model in more mainstream settings.

Goals and Objectives:

• Essentials of pattern discrimination for patterns related to pain, stress, anxiety and depression.
• Methodology of erecting treatment plans and point protocol for treating common patterns.
• Community acupuncture administration in a western medical setting - suggestions for success.
• Community acupuncture and practice development for young practitioners.

For a free lecture or to purchase the online version of this course,

Check out http://www.teishininstitute.com/distance-learning-education.htm

or

http://barefootmedicinetraining.com/massage.html

See the videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pz9nrYQd5w

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v8aHfVW50U