First Professional Doctorate (FPD)

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On the weekend of February 11th to 14th, 2010, the Accreditation Commission for

Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (ACAOM) will hold its annual commissioners

meeting. At this meeting, the fate of the first-professional doctorate (FPD) in

AOM will be decided as to whether or not ACAOM can petition the US Department of

Education (USDE) to develop standards for and enable schools to pilot a FPD. If

ACAOM decides that there is consensus from all stakeholders in the AOM

community, and the USDE agrees, acupuncture schools may begin to appeal to their

state department of education to pilot these programs. This is a necessary step

toward changing the entry-level for the profession from the masters to the

doctorate level.

 

What is the FPD? http://www.communityacupuncturenetwork.org/node/3971

 

Visit this blog for common myths about the FPD:

http://www.communityacupuncturenetwork.org/blog/10-myths-about-first-professiona\

l-doctorate-acupuncture-and-oriental-medicine-fpd

 

Why would anyone propose changing the entry-level standards for our profession?

http://www.communityacupuncturenetwork.org/blog/fpd-gold-rush

 

We believe that the values of access to education, access to care, equal rights,

sustainability, and social justice are integral to the practice of any medical

discipline and that the FPD violates these critical social values. The FPD will

only exacerbate existing problems with education and practice, care and

delivery. The time to defeat the first-professional doctorate has come.

 

Click, print, sign, and fax your petition of opposition BY JANUARY 15TH!

Petitions for students, practitioners, patients, educators, employers, and

administration staff can be found in these threads:

http://www.communityacupuncturenetwork.org/forums/public-forums/first-profession\

al-doctorate

 

You do NOT need to be a member of CAN to participate in any of this. These

threads and blogs are all accessible to the public.