preg acup - And Acup Educ Heroes!

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Mike,

 

....isn't that neat when pt's leave in such different

shape than when they walked in? a guy at les schwab

the other day said his girlfriend's a naturopath. then

he said, " neat life. " how simple, and how profound.

 

i generally looked at my acupuncture education a lot

like driver's ed. it provided a lot of basics and set

up an agility course. some course stations had more

merit than others. however, i do want to express here,

where i know there are academicians, that our

patients, and profession, are put at risk by schools'

omissions. pregnancy related office calls are not at

all uncommon, but at least some schools are grossly

neglecting this area in both theoretical and clinical

training.

 

there's something wrong with the picture when at

least many of us b/c very qualified, competent

practitioners in spite of schools. can you imagine a

school completely omitting western path gu/gyn

training, areas in which we receive many calls? this

really happens.

 

the great teachers, both didactic and clinical, are

HEROES. the practitioners are also HEROES who share

their private practices with students and new

graduates. personally, there was one practitioner who

was one of my clinical supervisors my last year of

school. that year and the next I also spent many hours

in her practice observing, taking so many pulses,

doing moxa, and eventually helping with some needling.

she had been practicing for about 20 years by then.

spending probably 300 clinical hours with someone

who'd been practicing that long was invaluable. the

washington ferry system made the most money off my

time in her practice, believe me.

to use a phrase generally heard in other contexts,

Thank You For Your Service!

 

Lynn

 

 

Mike Liaw <mikeliaw wrote:

Lynn,

Many factors are affecting the decision of the

schools. I have chosen not to participate in the

discussion of the education aspect of CM in the west

but to focus on what I can do to keep polishing my

skills. To me, a school allows me to establish a basic

foundation from which I continue with praticing and

self-learning. (Notice that I did not say the school

gives me a foundation. I take the responsibility to

establish the foundation while the schooling is just a

help. If I encounter a " good " teacher of some area,

learn from him/her; if not, learn independently while

keeping an eye on for a good encounter.)

 

I have a similar attitude toward books, I have gotten

this book yet but I didn't develop anxiety for not

having it before I treat this incoming patient. In the

mean time, I have gotten a lot of feedback from you

all. I put the information in the pool of thoughts for

this type of problems, but when I face the patient, I

take full responsibility of assessing the patient and

make a decision of what I can/should do to this

patient.

 

So I saw the patient last night. The patient is almost

42. My Dx is, she has sunken Qi, mostly due to the

age. I used one point, Du20, with two needles, in

Master Tung fashion, in opposing directions. Qi Gong

was used on these two needles,without twisting or

thrusting. In 3 minutes, she stood up and said the

pain was reduced to less than 50% and wished she had

come earlier. I went on to supplement Qi for another 3

minutes and left her walking around like she used to a

few weeks ago. She left without pain but just aware of

the weight and pessure.

Mike L.