Apprenticeship system of American NCCAOM Certification of acupuncture and oriental medicine.
10.13703/j.0255-2930.2019.04.022
- Author:
Kai-Yu TIAN
1
;
Fang-Fang SHANG
2
;
Yun-Yi TIAN
3
;
Zhi-Ting FANG
1
;
Ji-Hao TIAN
1
Author Information
1. School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Henan University of CM, Zhengzhou 450046, China.
2. Graduate School, Henan University of CM.
3. Institute of Clinical and Public Health Nutrition, Medical School, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, The United Kingdom.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
American;
Chinese medicine;
acupuncture-moxibustion;
apprenticeship;
certification
- MeSH:
Acupuncture Therapy;
Certification;
China;
Medicine, East Asian Traditional;
Moxibustion;
United States
- From:
Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion
2019;39(4):429-432
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) is the only national institution for the accreditation of clinical practice of acupuncture and Oriental (Chinese) Medicine in the United States. Its qualification certificate or examination certificate is a mandatory document for 47 states and Washington, D.C. to issue the practice license. According to the latest information of the NCCAOM official website, this paper introduced the preceptor qualifications of the apprenticeship, studying hours, quality control, and the evaluation at the end of apprenticeship. The paper also discussed the enlightening and referential effects of the American system to apprenticeship policy in China.
