- Location: Acupuncture Foundation, Dublin, Ireland
- Duration: 3 Years
Course details
Continue to work while you study and train to become a professional acupuncturist. Our professional training course is structured so that students can work and learn at the same time. We use a blend of learning, delivered by Masters medical lecturers, which we share with UK university Acupuncture training programmes.
Our acupuncture training is by necessity skills based, and we apply the World Health Organisation training standards for Acupuncture Professional Training. Students are taught to be competent safe practitioners, with the ability to deliver a safe holistic acupuncture treatment.
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Our many graduates demonstrate that the professional practice of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine is a valuable option for a career in healthcare. Our acupuncture training is professionally accredited in Ireland and the UK, which means graduates can register for professional practice. Graduates meet entry requirements for UK Masters programmes in Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Continuing Acupuncture Studies in Traditional Chinese Medicine
As part of a joint agreement with our partner university, the prestigious Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine China, they are the awarding body for an optional academic award (BSc) as part of optional continuing studies.
This external award is subject to official approval of the QQI and China's Ministry for Education in accordance with China's Regulation of Overseas Education Program of Higher Institutions The Bachelor's degree issued by NJUCM meets the criteria for alignment with the national education framework under category C external awards.
Clinical Placement at Nanjing University of China
Students can take part in a Clinical Placement in Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, China. The Acupuncture Foundation has been sending students to Nanjing China, annually since 1987, to take part in clinical placements in hospitals across the city of Nanjing China. This is part of the first agreement signed in Nanjing in 1987 by Acupuncture Foundation and Nanjing University officials. Progressive agreements widening cooperation between both institutions have been signed in 1992, 1994, 1998, 2004, 2011.
Practice management, professional ethics and best practice are taught to prepare students for professional practice. Professional codes of ethics and best practice are adhered to. Practice management and building a professional practice are taught. There is ongoing student support and mentoring, which continues into the first practice year.
Entry Requirements
- The following qualifications are considered acceptable for admission:
- Ireland: Holders of an Irish Leaving Certificate which show passes in five approved subjects at the higher level to include four passes achieved at grade C or above . These must include mathematics and English.
- Holders of the International Baccalaureate Diploma.
- Holders of the European Baccalaureate.
- UK: Holders of a General Certificate of Education with two passes at Advanced Level.
- BTEC National: Merit or above
- Mature students over 23 who can demonstrate the capability and motivation to succeed on the course will be encouraged.
- For overseas students, evidence of an appropriate knowledge of English (both written and spoken) will be required. Irish student visa can be arranged, and non EU students are offered mentoring and orientation.
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About Acupuncture Foundation
Acupuncture has been practiced in China for three thousand five hundred years. It involves the stimulation of acupuncture points on the body by inserting thin, solid needles to give a therapeutic effect. These needles are generally to a depth of a half to one inch depending on the treatment being given. In Traditional Chinese Medicine terms acupuncture helps the flow of energy, or Qi, along meridians or pathways in the body to stimulate the body to heal itself. In Western medicine terms acupuncture likely works by stimulating the Central Nervous System to release neurochemicals to dull pain and boost the immune system.
- The World Health Organisation has recognised since the late 1970s that acupuncture is effective for treating a range of conditions including
- Musculoskeletal conditions such as arthritis, neuralgia, insomnia, dizziness, and neck or shoulder pain.
- Emotional and Psychological disorders such as depression and anxiety
- Circulatory disorders (such as hypertension, angina pectoris, arteriosclerosis and anaemia); Respiratory disorders (such as emphysema, sinusitis, allergies and bronchitis);
- Gastrointestinal conditions such as food allergies, ulcers, chronic diarrhoea, constipation, indigestion, intestinal weakness, gastritis.
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