TCM Courses in Sydney & Melbourne

[Guest guest]

Hi Steve & All,

 

Steve Segal wrote:

> I had studied at Victoria University, but didn't realize that they

> were so involved with tcm.

 

Victoria University School of Health Sciences has a great course in

TCM. For more details, see

Herbal Medicine http://tinyurl.com/43dbx and

http://www.staff.vu.edu.au/chineseherbs/HHH1254/

 

Acupuncture http://tinyurl.com/63yqr

 

UTS (Univ Technol Sydney) also has a great TCM course. See:

http://www.uts.edu.au/div/publications/sci/ug/c10164.html#26

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

On 12/04/2005, at 7:19 PM, wrote:

 

>

> Hi Steve & All,

>

> Steve Segal wrote:

>> I had studied at Victoria University, but didn't realize that they

>> were so involved with tcm.

>

> Victoria University School of Health Sciences has a great course in

> TCM. For more details, see

> Herbal Medicine http://tinyurl.com/43dbx and

> http://www.staff.vu.edu.au/chineseherbs/HHH1254/

>

> Acupuncture http://tinyurl.com/63yqr

>

> UTS (Univ Technol Sydney) also has a great TCM course. See:

> http://www.uts.edu.au/div/publications/sci/ug/c10164.html#26

>

>

 

Hi Phil,

 

I am not sure how or why you believe Victoria University of Technology

TCM courses are " great " but something that is vital to know before

rushing to conclusions on this issue is the fact that these courses

have been refused approval for recognition by the

Registration Board of Victoria and thus graduates from these courses do

NOT meet the requirements to claim they are acupuncturists/herbalists

or practice these modalities giving the impression they are

acupuncturists/herbalists in the state of Victoria (the state the

University is actually located in).

 

In Melbourne (Victoria), RMIT University is the only university to

provide recognized programs at University level.

 

For a list of " approved " courses and others in regards to state

legislation and protection of title can be found here:

 

http://cmrb.vic.gov.au/registration/approvedcourses.html

 

LIST OF ORGANISATIONS AND COURSES WHICH HAVE BEEN REFUSED APPROVAL

 

Institution: Victoria University of Technology

 

Course 1:

Bachelor of Health Science – (Acupuncture)

Graduate Eligibility: Division of Acupuncturists

 

Course 2:

Bachelor of Health Science – (Chinese Herbal Medicine)

Graduate Eligibility:Division of Chinese herbal medicine Practitioners

 

Course 3:

Bachelor of Health Science – and Clinical Sciences

Graduate Eligibility: Divisions of Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal

Medicine

 

 

Victoria University has, however, been invited to reapply.

 

Best Wishes,

 

Steve

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Steve

 

I wrote:

>> Hi Steve & All, Steve Segal wrote: >>> I had studied at Victoria

University, but didn't realize that they were so involved with tcm.

 

>> Victoria University School of Health Sciences has a great course in

TCM. For more details, see Herbal Medicine http://tinyurl.com/43dbx

and http://www.staff.vu.edu.au/chineseherbs/HHH1254/ Acupuncture:

http://tinyurl.com/63yqr

 

Steve Slater replied:

> Hi Phil, I am not sure how or why you believe Victoria University of

> Technology TCM courses are " great " but something that is vital to know

> before rushing to conclusions on this issue is the fact that these

> courses have been refused approval for recognition by the Chinese

> Medicine > Registration Board of Victoria and thus graduates from

> these courses do NOT meet the requirements to claim they are

> acupuncturists / herbalists or practice these modalities giving the

> impression they are acupuncturists/herbalists in the state of Victoria

> (the state the University is actually located in). In Melbourne

> (Victoria), RMIT University is the only university to > provide

> recognized programs at University level. For a list of " approved "

> courses and others in regards to state legislation and protection of

> title can be found here:

> http://cmrb.vic.gov.au/registration/approvedcourses.html

 

Apologies, Steve. You are correct [according to that WWW site].

 

I do not know why the VU Course is not approved. I visited the faculty

there in 1996 and was highly impressed with the depth of the curriculum

and courtesy of the staff whom I met there.

 

I can understand the frustration of VU Students who may have worked

hard and qualified from VU, only to find that their degrees were not

recognised officially.

 

Mea culpa!

 

As regards the UTS Course (Sydney), its WWW page [

http://www.handbook.uts.edu.au/sci/ug/c10186.html ] says:

 

Professional recognition: Graduates of this course qualify for

professional membership of most Australasian Chinese medicine

professional associations.

 

 

 

Best regards,

 

 

Tel: (H): +353-(0) or (M): +353-(0)

 

 

 

 

Ireland.

Tel: (W): +353-(0) or (M): +353-(0)

 

 

 

" Man who says it can't be done should not interrupt man doing it " -

Chinese Proverb