The Masters in Acupuncture and CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE
The Masters in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine program is a 3.3 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 MAcCHM program can be completed in 3.3 years by full-time students.
The MAcCHM program curriculum will demonstrate an elevated competency in consultation and collaboration, the interaction between the Chinese medicine practitioner and others, including patients and health care professionals. The MAcCHM program curriculum will demonstrate competency in clinical supervision, clinical teaching with the goal of enhancing the supervisee’s competencies. The MAcCHM 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 MAcCHM 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 Chinese medicine.
The Academy’s MAcCHM 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 Yao Lue, and Wen Bing; Philosophy of Chinese Medicine.
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