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Chinese Medicine - Undergraduate Acupuncture Foundation Training

The exercise of Acupuncture rests heavily on the whole Medical Corpus of Chinese Medicine, that is to say, its theoretical and clinical foundation. See here a video on acupuncture made by UNESCO.

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In the clinic, in the presence of the person seeking for our help, we need to know how to use the theory of Chinese Medicine to diagnose and understand the mechanisms leading from physiology to pathology, and to find the way of undoing them in order to bring about health.  At the same time, we need to take care of the issue people bring to the acupuncture clinic, without losing sight of them as whole beings.

When working in the acupuncture and Chinese medicine clinic, we need to ask ourselves several questions: “What am I called to do in my role as an acupuncture practitioner?  Am I a symptom eraser of a ‘problem’,  a ‘pain killer’ or someone deeply involved in a process of transformation? Does this process involves only the ‘other’ person as a whole or does it, simultaneously, also  involves me?” And even more, what does it mean, in practice, that  for the theory of acupuncture  and Chinese Medicine the body is the material home of the non-material, and that it is the non-material that gives it life? How can we support life by tapping into the non-material through the material, so that the lifeforce can flow better and in a healthier manner?  And, ultimately, what does health mean for this specific person?

To  study the “Foundation of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine” is like learning firstly the alphabet of a language, then its grammar and, last, the complexities of its syntax. Knowing this, makes the  acupuncture practitioner the master of a complex and multifaceted body of knowledge. Without it, many of the questions arising in the acupuncture clinic vis-a-vis the patient cannot find an answer.

To gain an insight into our acupuncture programme, its content and hours  please read the outline of our syllabus & curriculum below. 

 

NB. out of these hours, 1200 hours are devoted to learning the ‘core curriculum’ as advised by ETCMA , the leading   European Association of Chinese Medicine.

Chinese Medicine - Undergraduate Acupuncture Foundation Training - Overview

The training in “Chinese Medicine/Acupuncture Foundation’ Curriculum Comprises:   

– 3 years of theory, practice and clinical application of Chinese medicine to Acupuncture as well as: 

– 3 years compulsory training in Western Medicine and First Aid.  

– The ratio between theory and practice throughout the 3 years varies according to the year of training. By the time of clinical practice, just after the 3rd year, the ratio between theory and practice changes and almost all contact hours are devoted to supervised clinical practice. /

Duration in years and hours:

Length of the course: 3 years + 400 hours clinical practice

Contact hours in the 3year ‘plus’ curriculum:  2.670 hours, of which

 – Chinese medicine:    2.400 hours  

 – Western medicine:     270 hours

 

 

Chinese Medicine - Undergraduate Acupuncture Foundation - Year 1 - Curriculum Overview

– Physiology of the human body in Traditional Chinese Medicine/ Acupuncture

– The physiology of the human being and the Meridians/Channels network

Ratio: 50% theory- 50% practice

 

Western Medical Science: 

– Anatomy & physiology  of the human body

Year 1:

 

Contact hours 320 of which:

 – Chinese Medicine:   240 hours

 – Western Medicine:     60 hours 

 

 

Chinese Medicine - Undergraduate Acupuncture Foundation - Year 2 - Curriculum Overview:

“The pathway of diseases in Traditional Chinese Medicine/ Acupuncture” 

– How does a pathology set in? How to recognise its mechanisms? How to treat it?

Ratio :  65% theory 35% practice:

 

Western Medical Science: 

– Clinical Western pathology 

Year 2:

 Contact hours: 320 hours

– Chinese Medicine:   240 hours

– Western Medicine:    60 hours

 

Chinese Medicine - Undergraduate Acupuncture Foundation - Year 3 - Curriculum Overview

“Clinical pathology & case studies in Traditional Chinese Medicine/ Acupuncture”

– Clinical pathology and how to recover health 

 

Ratio: 65% theory 35% practice

 

Western Medicine 

– Clinical western pathology and First Aid – 18 hours leading to officially recognised diploma

 Year 3:

Contact hours: 320

– Chinese Medicine:  240 hours

– Western Medicine:   60 hours

 

Chinese Medicine - Undergraduate Acupuncture Foundation - 400 Hours Clinical Practice - Curriculum Overview

Clinical practice/ acupuncture: each students is responsible for the diagnosis and treatment of his/her patients. This included: diagnosis, analysis of the pathological mechanisms and of the dynamics of pattern formation, establishing a principle of treatment and selecting meridians, points and appropriate needle techniques. Every student is also responsible for analyzing, advising, and offering a second opinion on the cases of three colleagues in the same clinical training period.

Ratio: 85% practice 15% theory/

Year 4:

Clinical practice contact: 500 hours

 

View Undergraduate Acupuncture Foundation Course Syllabus & Curriculum for Years 1,2,3 & Clinical Practice

Timetable - Undergraduate Acupuncture Foundation - Academic year 2021-2022

The year starts on the 30-31/10/2021 and ends on the 02-03/07/2022.

 

It comprises:

 

10 week-ends of 7 hours per day  (14 contact hours x week-end x 10 months) = 140 contact  hours of theory per year

4 weekly x 3 contact hours classes for practice  (12 hours per month x 10 months)= 120 contacts hours of practice per year

Total hours of theory and practice of acupuncture per year: 260 contact hours

Exam sessions: February 2022 & end of June 2022

 

Holidays: 

– Christmas 23/12/2021 –  08/01/2022
– Easter: 16/04/2022 to 02/05/2022
– Summer: 3/07/2022 – 09/10/2022 

 

Western Medical Science

Those who have not covered 270 hrs of Western Medical Studies, should contact  NHS (Natural Health Science) to enquire about dates and fees.  

The hours of Western Medical Studies are added to the  hours of  Acupuncture.1102

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