acup RMT

The course will teach a clinical competency in "Medical Acupuncture" along with an introduction to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) concepts. There will be an emphasis on hands-on clinical practice.

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There are several aspects to this course.

We will teach a competency in what is known as "Medical Acupuncture" *:

~ an aspect of this is that we will spend an increasing percentage of our class time in hands-on clinical practice as the course proceeds.

~ much of our theoretical study will be directed at gaining a familiarity with the broad swath of TCM concepts. Several of these facets are of practical importance and will be dealt with in some depths.

~ there are also sundry miscellaneous topics and competencies that will be taught, including: electric acupuncture therapy, auricular therapy, moxabustion, cupping, etc.

This is a "300 hour course": there are 126 hours of supervised instruction and (at least) 174 hours of homework (reading and assignments). There will be 2 three hour classes per week for 21 weeks.

Topics include:

~ Adverse Effects and Counterindication,
Scope of Practice Issues,
Science and Acupuncture.

~ Needling Techniques,
Point Selection.

~ Meridians,
   Important Points,
   "Alarm" and "Transport" Points, and other categories...
   TCM Concepts: Qi, Yin/Yang, Elements/Phases, the Pernicious Influences,
    the Eight Principles...
   Pulse Diagnosis, Tongue Diagnosis,
   Zang Fu / Patterns of Organ Disfunction

~ ElectroAcupuncture, Auricular Acupuncture...

~ Hands-On Clinical Practice, Treatments Protocols.

Dr. Norman Bethune Allan Ph.D. D.C.,

~ Dr. Allan was a Research Associate at the U of T for eight years where he worked with Prof. Bruce Pomeranz** conducting research in various aspects of Acupuncture.
~ during that time he audited the Elective In Acupuncture taught at the U of T's Medical School (which was organised out of our lab.) on a number of occasions. (He therefore counts Dr. Jack Richmond among his many teachers.)
~ has been practicing Acupuncture (and Chiropractic) for more than 20 years
~ has a Ph.D. in neurophysiology
~ has served as Scientific Advisor to the Board of Directors of Massage of Ontario

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I'm just so chuffed by Dar's testimonial that I'm going to put a link to it right up here

* "Medical Acupuncture" is a simplified, pragmatic approach to acupuncture, which is, however, based in TCM.

** Prof. Pomeranz is the "grandfather" of Scientific Research in Acupuncture having established in 1975 that Acupuncture causes Endorphin Neurotransmiter release - that endorphin release is a mechanism of Acupuncture Analgesia...

see also Bruce Pomeranz, PhD Acupuncture and the Raison D'Etre for Alternative Medicine
and Norman Allan's comments on this article

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