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The Tuina / Anmo program gives students a broad understanding of Traditional Chinese Medicine while training them in the ancient art of Chinese massage. The program is designed for students looking to expand their knowledge of holistic healthcare practices, including current unlicensed TCM practitioners.
Students participate in three practicum placements where they are able to put their classroom skills into practice and gain experience in the day-to-day operation of a TCM clinic and conduct treatments on patients.
"The internships allowed me to use the knowledge I gained in class in a controlled and supervised real-world environment. It also allowed me to interact with patients. This career choice has given me more options about what to do with my life as well as important life skills. I would recommend this program because of the wonderful school with great teachers and facilities." - Rina S., PCU College Graduate
This program is 44 weeks in length.
Job Opportunities
- Chinese Tuina/Anmo Clinic
- Health Salon
- Healing Centre
Program Courses
The program outline below is for British Columbia .
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- This course introduces the structure and arrangement of gross surface features with special attention to the musculoskeletal, respiratory, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, nervous, and genitourinary systems.
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- Students learn Chinese Pinyin (a system of Romanized spelling for transliterating Chinese), pronunciation of Chinese syllables and recognition of simple Chinese characters in this course. This understanding is essential for the future study of names of acupoints.
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- This is a study of the Chinese method of therapeutic massage, which deals with Yin, Yang, Qi, Blood and the internal organs. This course covers Tui Na basic principles, manipulation techniques, functions, indications, and contraindications. Students will also learn how to draw up a Tui Na treatment plan for patients.
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- This course is the continuing of R310, but emphasis will be on discussion of each disorder and its treatment plan, manipulation technique.
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- Interns observe the operations of the TCM clinic. Students will start by learning how to maintain a clear medical record for a patient. Students will observe how senior interns or clinical supervisors conduct TCM interview, make diagnosis and determine appropriate treatment. There will be no diagnosis or treatment of patients done by students during this time.
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- This course is the continuing of C201. Emphasis will be placed on getting familiar with the procedures of taking in a new patient visit. Students will start practice their communication skills and patient care skills in the real setting.
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- Interns will perform taking of patient history and vital signs, and will begin making supervised diagnoses as a group. Emphasis will be put on collecting relevant information by using the four TCM examination skills and on differentiating syndromes based on TCM theories.
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- Interns will continue to perform history-taking of patients, but will also make supervised diagnoses, and recommend treatment plan. They will conduct acupressure treatment as a group under the supervision of a clinical instructor. Emphasis will be on improving acupoint location accuracy, acupressure techniques.
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- This course discusses the origin and development of TCM beginning over two thousand years ago, the progress of medical science, and the history and development of Acupuncture and TCM in China, as well as in North America and over the world.
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- This course introduces the meridian theory and acupoint study. It covers the Qi flowing pattern and the pathways of the main meridians and extra channels. Points on the 14 meridians which have specific categories are introduced. Methods of locating acupoints by proportional measurement, anatomical landmarks, and finger measurement are introduced. The ability to accurately locate acupressure points is built up through lectures, demonstration and hands-on practice. The course includes detailed study of acupoints for their locations, functions and indications in the Lung, Large Intestine, Stomach, and Spleen, Heart, Small intestine, Gall Bladder, Kidney, Pericardium channels.
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- This course will include detailed study of locating acupoints on the Bladder and Du channels by palpating spinal processes as well as the acupoints on the Triple Burner, Liver and Ren channels. It also covers the pathways of the eight extra channels and Extraordinary points as well. This course will then focus on detailed understanding of acupoints to be treated with special caution.
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- Building on the anatomical knowledge acquired in W110, students will study functions and regulation of organ systems in this course. Specific attention will be placed on the respiratory, cardiovascular, nervous, digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems. The physiology of exercise and energy metabolism will also be discussed.
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- This course is a practical guide to business planning, advertising, insurance billing and business ethics. Medical legal issues will be studied with a view towards legal responsibilities and obligations to patients and other health care providers. The courses introduces the students to patient record-keeping, informed consent, confidentiality and privacy issues, standards of practice, and code of ethics as health care professionals.
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- This course is an introduction to Chinese philosophy and theories of Qi as expressed in the patterns of movement of Tai Chi and the exercises and breathing techniques of Qi Gong. Students will learn to a full set of Tai Chi exercise as well as Qi Gong exercises for maintaining general health.
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- This course covers most common symptoms during TCM practice. It introduces the thinking pattern of how to recognize a group of similar symptoms and identify their differences. After complete this course, students will able to make a correct TCM diagnosis.
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- This course introduces the students to the principles of diagnosis in Chinese medicine. Students will learn the signs and symptoms important for TCM diagnosis and the importance of a holistic approach in TCM. The course will familiarize the students in the four TCM diagnostic skills. Students will develop foundational knowledge of the TCM method of diagnosis, so that they will be able to understand the TCM clinical process. Students will not be trained to make diagnoses in a clinical setting,
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- In this course, students will learn about pattern identification and syndrome differentiation based on signs and symptoms collected from the diagnostic techniques learned in the previous course. Students will learn the identification of patterns according to the pathogenic factors, Eight Principles, Zang Fu Organs, Three Burners, Meridians, and the Six stages Principles. Students will learn skills to discriminate patterns of diseases that are similar to each other by comparing syndrome characteristics.
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- This lecture course introduces the fundamental principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine including Yin-Yang theory and the Five Elements theory as well as part of basic life substances. Students will associate these theories with their historical background, philosophies and significance. Students will build upon this critical knowledge base in all subsequent TCM course work.
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- This lecture course, building on TCM Theory I, introduces students to the theories of Zang-Fu (TCM internal organs) and the basic life substances such as Essence, Qi, Blood and Body Fluids. This course enables students to understand how the human body works in a normal condition based on TCM etiology, pathogenesis, and preventive and treatment principles. This course lays the fundamental knowledge of how diseases occur, how to render a treatment strategy based on TCM principles, and how to maintain wellness through TCM prevention methods.