The Doctorate in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
The Doctorate in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine program is a three academic year professional degree curriculum designed to provide an advanced, clinically oriented program of study based on a foundation of Classical Chinese medicine and integrated orthopedics and pain management. The Academy’s DAOM program can be completed in two calendar years/ three academic years by full-time students.
The DAOM program curriculum will demonstrate an elevated competency in consultation and collaboration, the interaction between the Oriental medicine practitioner and others, including patients and health care professionals. The DAOM program curriculum will demonstrate competency in clinical supervision, clinical teaching with the goal of enhancing the supervisee’s competencies. The DAOM program curriculum will demonstrate a broader understanding of clinical practice management, which consists of those activities, including practical aspects that direct or organize the provision of patient care services.
The DAOM program curriculum will demonstrate a greater understanding of procedures relating to evaluation and research, enabling graduates to become critical consumers of the body of professional literature. These competencies will complement the graduate’s abilities to engage the clinical research project in Oriental medicine.
The Academy’s DAOM curriculum relates directly to its purpose and objectives by offering a comprehensive advanced and specialized education in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The curriculum covers all the core areas of TCM as defined by state, national, and Chinese TCM college standards.
Throughout the curriculum, there is continual emphasis on the interrelating influences of Chinese medicine and culture, as noted by the inclusion of more in-depth classes: the four classics of TCM — Nei Jing, Shang Han Lun, Jin Kui, and Wen Bing; Philosophy of Chinese Medicine; Advanced integrated Orthopedics and pain management.
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