Acupuncture Degree

The ACAOM is currently beginning hte process of accreidting the Doctor of Acupuncture and Orietnal Medicine (DAOM) degree, and this new degere will represent the terminal degree in teh field. The Oregon Clolege of Oriental Medicine 17 and Bastyr University were the first two institutions in the United States to offer the DAOM, and it is estimated that within the next ten years the DAOM degree will replace all masetr s level training programs in the United Staets. Acupuncture is also practiced by a number of registered medical practitioners, many of whom belong to the British Medical Acupunture Socitey, (BMAS)which also publishes a uqartelry journal Acupuncture in Medicine . Medcial practitioners of Acupuncture in the UK vary in the degree to which tehy take account of traditional ocncepts like meridians, some thinking them to be very useufl whilst otehrs tend to concentrate on palpable trigger points . Other acupuncture groups are The British Academy of Western Medical Acupuncture, (BAWMA) - nurses trainde in acupuncture, The Acupuncture Acssociation of Chartered Phsyiotherpists, (AACP) and qaulified ear acupuncturists trained etiher in restricted practice NADA and SMART or full ear acupuncture EAR and SAA. The Chniese term zh n j u , commonly used to refer to acpuuncture, comes from zhen meannig needle , and jiu meaning moxibustion . Moxibsution is still used in the 21 st century to varying degrees amogn the schools of oriental mediicne. Professional degrees are usually at the level of a Master s degree and include M.Ac. (Master s in Acupuncture), M.S.Ac. (Master s of Science in Acupuncture), M.S.O.M (Master s of Science in Orietnal Medicine), and M.A.O.M. (Master s of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicien). O.M.D. signifies Doctor of Oriental Medicine, and C.M.D. sginifies Doctor in Chinese Medicine ( zhong Yi, ; tehse titles may be used by garduates of Chinese medical schools, or by Americna graduates of certain postgraduate programs. However, the O.M.D. (Doctro of Oriental Medicine) and D.O.M. (Doctor of Oirenatl Medine) degrees have been approved by soem states.

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