TCM - misplaced anger / OMD vs Masters

[Guest guest]

>

> 2 cents more:

> Just to remark upon a previously mentioned thread .... I do not believe

> pushing for a doctoral first degree for acupuncturists is the answer.  There

> are

> many fine healers possessing master degrees.  To force practitioners to be

> OMD's

> would be to discriminate against minority traditions (as TCM has rapidly

> become the standard as opposed to 5E, Japanese, Korean to name a few), to

> weed out

> the economically challenged (even more so than present) and to basically

> exclude many fine people from offering their healing talents.  I say, make

> the CM

> doctorate available but make it sequential to a master degree. 

>

There were many fine healers with diplomas before the master's too. To be

truthful, our profession long ago should have started with a 1000 doctorate like

every other doctorate profession did, increasing its education as was

warranted. It is unfortunate that we chose to go after a vo-tech style process,

probably because it is less expensive to begin with, and some states are more

anal

about doctorate programs. It didn't stop the DC's, ND's, MD's, or DO's. We came

in late and are stuck with doing things more ethically, which the other folks

were not required to do.

As far as a doctorate interfering with variety of philosophy, I believe that

the opposite is true. It is, howevere, a lot more difficult to brainwash a

single format into someones head as being the end-all when a dcotoral level

education expsoses them to all the field has, which is my hope. Too many

graduates

come out thinking they know a lot, but have been exposed to so little.

Soem states will retainthe Master's as the entry level, and some states are

already preparing for the DOM title entry level. It is part of the evolution.

All this same dicsussion happened when the MAster's was introduced as the new

entry level, but it made our people better. In 20 years the landscpae wil be

different.

 

DAvid Molony

>

 

 

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 8/25/2003 9:20:51 PM Pacific Standard Time,

acuman1 writes:

 

 

> It is unfortunate that we chose to go after a vo-tech style process,

>

I hardly consider my education to be " vo-tech " ... seems a needlessly

insulting analogy, really.

 

Maya

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

it does not matter what you call iyt. basic graduation

is more than adequate if the curricula & course work

taught & conducted is of a high standard. the old

diplomas were very good as the grounding was very good

& knowledge base was very strong.

today we seem to have lots of info but not much is

looked at actual ability to use it by each

practitioner. so the actual utility skills have been

diluted & hence the need for more education &

experience.

anand

 

 

 

--- acuman1 wrote: > >

> > 2 cents more:

> > Just to remark upon a previously mentioned thread

> .... I do not believe

> > pushing for a doctoral first degree for

> acupuncturists is the answer.  There

> > are

> > many fine healers possessing master degrees.  To

> force practitioners to be

> > OMD's

> > would be to discriminate against minority

> traditions (as TCM has rapidly

> > become the standard as opposed to 5E, Japanese,

> Korean to name a few), to

> > weed out

> > the economically challenged (even more so than

> present) and to basically

> > exclude many fine people from offering their

> healing talents.  I say, make

> > the CM

> > doctorate available but make it sequential to a

> master degree. 

> >

> There were many fine healers with diplomas before

> the master's too. To be

> truthful, our profession long ago should have

> started with a 1000 doctorate like

> every other doctorate profession did, increasing its

> education as was

> warranted. It is unfortunate that we chose to go

> after a vo-tech style process,

> probably because it is less expensive to begin with,

> and some states are more anal

> about doctorate programs. It didn't stop the DC's,

> ND's, MD's, or DO's. We came

> in late and are stuck with doing things more

> ethically, which the other folks

> were not required to do.

> As far as a doctorate interfering with variety of

> philosophy, I believe that

> the opposite is true. It is, howevere, a lot more

> difficult to brainwash a

> single format into someones head as being the

> end-all when a dcotoral level

> education expsoses them to all the field has, which

> is my hope. Too many graduates

> come out thinking they know a lot, but have been

> exposed to so little.

> Soem states will retainthe Master's as the entry

> level, and some states are

> already preparing for the DOM title entry level. It

> is part of the evolution.

> All this same dicsussion happened when the MAster's

> was introduced as the new

> entry level, but it made our people better. In 20

> years the landscpae wil be

> different.

>

> DAvid Molony

> >

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

>

>

 

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