China ; Epidemiology ; education ; Teaching ; methods

As an important component of acupuncture-moxibustion science, needling and moxibustion is one methodology and technology and its technical characteristics determine its special status and role in training programs. It is closely ralated to meridians-collaterals-acupoints and acupuncture treatment. Therefore, it demands an overall planning for acupuncture professional skills that consists of meridians-collaterals-acupoints knowledge and acupuncture treatment techniques. The practical training courses are the step by step progress involving repeated practices.
Acupuncture ; education ; methods ; Education ; Moxibustion ; methods ; Teaching

Curriculum ; Education, Medical ; methods ; standards ; Teaching ; methods

OBJECTIVETo explore bilingual teaching of acupuncture and moxibustion for cultivating compound senior acupuncture persons.

METHODSBeginning with the concept of bilingual teaching in conjunction with acupuncture own characteristics, the problems involved in the practice of bilingual teaching of acupuncture and moxibustion were analyzed and explored.

RESULTSUnifying opinion and correct localizing position should be started for acupuncture and moxibustion bilingual teaching, and choice of teachers, subjects, models, materials, examination of bilingual teaching should be focused on, and appropriate means should be applied in practice to test, consolidate and distillate the effect of bilingual teaching.

CONCLUSIONBilingual teaching of acupuncture and moxibustion is an important measure of economic globalization and knowledge economy. Only if various teaches involved in its practice were properly dealt with could better teaching results be obtained.

According to the law of circulation of meridians and the locations of acupoints, the opposite acupoints were proposed. It facilitates comprehension of the routes of meridians and the locations of acupoints. Application of opposite needling or penetrative needling, it is easy to practice and the effectiveness is significant. Promoting this concept into acupuncture training, can expand out from acupoint to meridian, from one meridian to other meridians, it will generate good rewards.
Acupuncture ; education ; methods ; Acupuncture Points ; Meridians ; Teaching ; methods

The conception and characteristics of tacit knowledge and the tacit knowledge in the science of acupuncture-moxibustion are analyzed in this paper. It is proposed that the attention should be paid to digging the tacit knowledge in the science of acupuncture-moxibustion and constructing the corresponding inheritance way, which could effectively improve the students' cultivation quality and reach the aim of talent cultivation centered on the clinical thinking ability, acupuncture operation skill and clinical innovation ability.
Acupuncture ; education ; methods ; Humans ; Knowledge ; Moxibustion ; Science ; education ; methods ; Teaching

The present paper is armed at approach to a set of teaching method about the needling skill of filiform needle, so as to increase teaching quality. After review and analysis on present situation of teaching methods about the needling skill of filiform needle, it is raised that traditional teaching methods are unable to objectively and comprehensively reflect characteristics and requirement of manipulation, so try to adopt acupuncture manipulation detection instrument, on the basis of traditional teaching methods about the needling skill of filiform needle. And the parameters and figures of manipulation examine of real-time collection in 131 students and information of 120 copies of questionnaire are analyzed and summarized. It is indicated that combined teaching method of traditional model and the manipulation instrument is more reasonable, and basic manipulation training most he strengthened in manipulation skill training, particularly, pay attention to training of twirling manipulation.
Acupuncture ; education ; Acupuncture Therapy ; methods ; Humans ; Teaching ; methods

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*Curriculum ; Education, Nursing/*methods ; Humans ; Teaching/*methods ; United States

Meridian syndromes are the required basic knowledge for mastering Science of Meridians, Collaterals and Acupoints but have not brought the adequate attention on the teaching program. The writers discovered' that the content of this section occupied a decisive role for developing the students' clinical thinking ability and, stimulating their interests to learn classical TCM theories. It's necessary to enhance the importance on meridian syndromes during teaching program. The teaching program was discussed in three aspects, named workshop pattern, competitive pattern and multimedia pattern. This teaching method may improve students' interests in the study on classical TCM theories, deepen the understanding on knowledge and motivate students' learning autonomy so that the teaching quality can be improved.
Acupuncture ; education ; Acupuncture Points ; Humans ; Learning ; Meridians ; Teaching ; methods

The definition and content of opposite points is updated, and renovation of acupuncture teaching is explored in this article. Opposite points interconnect meridians and acupoints. Location of one point reminds that of the other in pairs. When manipulating, point-to-point puncture from two opposite sides or penetrating method from one side are both applicable. It has the advantages of less point selection and regulating yin and yang. Its application in teaching of meridians, acupoints, acupuncture technique and treatment may bring enthusiasm into the study as well as improve the level of teaching.
Acupuncture ; education ; Acupuncture Points ; Acupuncture Therapy ; methods ; Humans ; Meridians ; Teaching