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*NOTE: Courses are designed to 'stand-alone' and also as part of a larger curriculum. Therefore, several courses contain 'repeat' material - i.e. certain units of material will appear in more than one course. Participants who seek to complete the entire training program should view such repetition as an opportunity for mastery of the essential skills required for high-quality, professional practice. Specific courses in which material overlaps are: - The Author. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! If you are not 100% satisfied we will refund your money no questions asked! * |
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Community Acupuncture for Pain and Stress Text Included:
 Approved by NCCAOM and CAB for 15 hours Price: $295 Description: "Community acupuncture requires skill beyond what I was taught in school . . . what my clients are learning is that acupuncture can be remarkably effective in itself without private treatment rooms or extensive demands on (time) . . . 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:
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How to be a Barefoot Dr in the West Text Included:
Approved by NCCAOM and CAB for 15 hours Price: $295 Description: With so much need for the services and advantages provided by TCM practitioners and the inherent strengths of TCM, there is much to recommend a practice which allows a practitioner the flexibility to maintain several office locations. This course will focus on the essential skill-set required to establish oneself in any location with minimal time and resources while benefiting from and enhancing an existing healthcare practice. In addition, to the technical aspects of this essential skill-set, the important administrative, managerial and communication skill needed will be outlined and demonstrated and rehearsed. Learning Goals: Students will be able to –
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Presentation, Communication and Teacher Training Skills Recommended Reading :  Approved by NCCAOM and CAB for 15 hours Price: $295 Description: No matter what else is needed to grow a successful TCM practice, all practitioners will be required to teach. Teaching promotes mastery and communicates to your patients and community that you can address their needs. Students in this course will learn how to organize and deliver a presentation on any subject, to any audience. Students will also learn the essential fundamentals of writing an article for publication and the basic format for creating and teaching a class on any subject to patients or other practitioners. Goals: Students will be required to:
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TCM Diet and Healthy Aging Required text :
Approved by NCCAOM and CAB for 5 hours Price: $95 Description: Understanding diet therapy via TCM pattern discrimination is the single best way for students and practitioners to clarify for lay patients the myriad and often confusing information propagated by the fad-diet industry. This class will examine the core, underlying patterns which commonly present in chronic disease with discussion and exercises aimed at constructing a dietary plan ad hoc for an individual patient's presenting patterns of imbalance. A list of foods will be identified according to their TCM flavor, nature, tropism and major organs affected. Required text: The Tao of Healthy Eating: Dietary Wisdom According to Traditional Chinese Medicine Second Edition Goals: Students will be able to -
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Teishin Therapy and the Eight Extraordinary Vessels Recommended Reading :
Approved by NCCAOM and CAB for 5 hours Price: $95 Description: Teishin Therapy is useful for patients who are averse to needles. It also makes an outstanding adjunctive therapy for body-workers and energy-workers since it is based on TCM theory and there is no puncturing of the skin. The course is a series of workshops which is appropriate for TCM and non-TCM practitioners alike. Course comes with free stainless-steel teishin Topics covered include:
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Qigong for Common Patterns in Chronic Disease Required Text :
Approved by NCCAOM and CAB for 12 hours Price: $255 Description: Since several TCM patterns routinely appear in the vast majority of chronic diseases, TCM exercise science may be applied to further ameliorate situations of chronic disease by reinforcing other therapeutic interventions. Students will learn the main presenting patterns in chronic disease as well as a variety of specific exercises to balance and manage patterns related to chronic disease. Emphasis will be on 1) correct technique and structural and postural integrity; 2) clear understanding of the organs most affected; 3) useful metaphors and explanations to improve and ensure patient understanding and compliance. Goals: upon completion, students will be expected to:
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I Ching for Practitioners of TCM Approved by NCCAOM for 15 hours Price: $295 Description: This course outlines the fundamental cognitive differences between Eastern and Western approaches to health and illness showing how these distinct approaches may be reconciled and integrated. The intent is to highlight for practitioners of TCM how their chosen profession places them in a unique position to aid in promoting collaboration of these two dominant medical modalities. As the fundamental text of Chinese thought, philosophy, art and science, the I Ching is an essential text for students of TCM. Goals and Objectives:
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Business and Ethics Approved by NCCAOM and CAB for 15 hours Price: $295 Description: Several key issues plague the practice of TCM in the US at the professional level. Among these complex topics is the (mis)understanding of the thinking which accompanies holism and the practice of holistic medicine - without which many TCM practitioners are left merely in a back-lash against conventional medical practice, unclear about we do as TCM professionals. Therefore, this dual-course is primarily about professionalism as an ethic and as a means to be well paid for one's very necessary holistic medical skills. Clarity in understanding the issues surrounding the practice of a foreign medicine in our distinct US culture requires superior understanding of the ethical issues which are likely to confront the holistic practitioner. Simultaneously, a clear and competent grasp of holistic ethical concerns lends great advantage to one's professionalism and the building of a successful business practice. This course will emphasize the skills of building a well paying practice by examining the ethical considerations unique to the practice of TCM in the US. Students will be able to -
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Auricular Therapy Approved by NCCAOM and CAB for 5 hours Price: $95 Description: With so much focus on quick, cheap and effective treatment for pain and stress, auricular therapy holds special significance and promise for the practitioner who seeks a meaningful role in 21st century health care. As an adjunct to regular meridian work on the body, auricular therapy holds some additional advantages for treating multiple patients in short-order. Clear understanding of the most useful point-combinations and theories for their use is an essential skill for any practitioner looking to grow their practice by demonstrating the tremendous contribution of TCM to modern medicine in today's health care situation. Students will learn to:
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'Ten Stem' Theory Approved by NCCAOM and CAB for 5 hours Price: $95 Description: As Yin/Yang theory is the bedrock of the many disparate theories which make up modern professional Chinese medicine, this is always a reliable starting point for any complicated clinical scenario. While Five Phase theory offers relatively convenient and easy to understand relationships and theoretical metaphors, the convenience of Five Phase theory often belies significant clinical realities which will not conform to such simple explanations. Ten Stem theory reconciles Yin/Yang theory with Five Phase theory by infusing a much needed layer of complexity that actually uncomplicates difficult clinical scenarios. Ten Stem theory provides the practitioner with a much-needed and oft-overlooked 'map' to aid the practitioner in their diagnostic process and their treatment strategy. Students will be able to:
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I Ching: the Pragmatics of Divination and Interpretation Approved by NCCAOM for 5 hours Price: $95
Description: This course is an abbreviated version of the 15 hours course as it only deals with the practical aspects of learning how to use the I Ching. It is appropriate for any practitioner at any level and will reveal how you can understand and actually use the I Ching in your daily cultivation. Goals and Objectives:
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Tongue, Pulse and Questioning in TCM Diagnosis: A Review of Fundamentals Recommended Text :
 Approved for 10 hours by CAB and NCCAOM Price: $195 Description: Diagnosis is the pivotal cognitive activity of medical practice. This course is an essential review of sound fundamentals with emphasis on clear logic. The system of pulse examination included is an attempt to get practitioners ‘on the same page’ in terms of understanding the patho-physiology of the 28 pulse images. Questioning is circumscribed for quick recognition of the most common patterns in the Western patient population. Learning outcomes: Students will be able to –
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