Overview
What you will learn
The key benefits of the Integrative Acupuncture - Professional Practice course offered by York University are:
- Refine muscle, tendon, trigger point, and neuro-palpation skills.
- Hone advanced needling skills: elicit local twitch response, de-irritate cutaneous nerves, de-inhibit motor nerve trunks, predict and confirm the correct DeQi sensation for individual acupoints,
- Communicate the inter-relationship between the channel system and neurovascular system.
- Explain the cause-and-effect between trigger points, nerve entrapment, and channel pathways.
- Learn to design patient-centred prescriptions using the S.M.A.R.T guideline to address sensory, motor, autonomic, radicular, and trigger points
- Obtain consistent clinical results using our protocols for orthopedic and neurological conditions.
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- Channel Plucking/Neuro-Palpation
- Modern Point Drifting: Re-anchored Classical Locations
- Channel Sinew Neuromyofascial Anatomy
- Acupoint Neuroanatomy
- Ashi/Trigger Point & Motor Point
- Electro-Neuromodulation
- Segmental Acupuncture
- Battlefield Acupuncture (with permission from founder Dr. Niemtzow)
- Auricular Acupuncture for ANS & CNS Stimulation
- MRI-verified Scalp Acupuncture System
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 11 days
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApply anytime.
Language
Delivered
Disciplines
Health Administration View 17 other Short Courses in Health Administration in CanadaAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Student insurance
Make sure to cover your health, travel, and stay while studying abroad. Even global coverages can miss important items, so make sure your student insurance ticks all the following:
- Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
- Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
- Liability
- Home contents and baggage
- Accidents
- Legal aid
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Registered Acupuncturist (R.Ac); OR
- Registered health professionals with at least 200 hours of prior training in acupuncture (per WHO guideline) AND who can perform and practice the controlled act of Acupuncture as per their local laws or regulatory bodies.
- Programs at the Health Leadership & Learning Network (HLLN) are offered in English. To register in our programs, it is your responsibility to ensure that you meet the language requirements.
Tuition Fee
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International
4500 CAD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 4500 CAD for the full programme during 11 days. -
National
4500 CAD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 4500 CAD for the full programme during 11 days.
Living costs for Toronto
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.