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The Empowered and Informed Patient: Communication Strategies for Integrative Medicine

 By Sarah Poulin-Carpentieri, DACM, LAc, DiplOM This article was originally published in May 2019 in Acupuncture Today and republished in the Winter 2023 edition of the AIM Newspaper. Read the full paper for free. Enhancing Communication in Integrative Medicine As an ever-increasing number of Americans turn toward the integrative medical model, it falls upon us, …

A Brief History of the Department of Professionalism

Panel Discussions available on PCHS YouTube Channel Fall 2020: Professionalism and How It Influences Your Success Winter 2021: Embodying Core Values at Pacific College and Beyond Spring 2021: Influence of Professionalism on Clinical Success Department Chairs (as of Fall 2021) Aimee C. Holdwick, DAOM, Dipl. OM (NCCAOM), LAc (San Diego) – [email protected] Lamya A. Kamel, …

Wellness Marketing 101: Get Comfortable with Marketing Your Brand

By Johanna Kirvesmaki, LAc The field of wellness seems to be growing like bamboo these days. There’s no shortage of new wellness trends, products, or healing modalities. The number of holistic practitioners is growing, too–a sign that our society is putting more confidence in and value on the tried and true medicine of nature. While …

Prosper With Purpose: Creating a Great Income in the Fields of Massage Therapy and Chinese Medicine

Check out this recording of an interview with event host was Alee Hoffman and three successful PCOM-Chicago alumni on insider tips for running a financially successful and truly impactful practice. Some of their answers may surprise you! We hope you enjoy the insightful and inspiring content as much as we did! Your browser does not support the audio element. First …

Clinical Experience vs. Evidence-Based Practice: Do We Have to Choose?

Developing a manual for integrative practice, research and teaching By Claudia Citkovitz I have spent the last 13 years developing and leading an inpatient acupuncture program at NYU Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. At present, 12 acupuncturists are credentialed there to treat inpatients throughout the hospital. Four of us are preceptors and the …

Kansas Passes Acupuncture Practice Act

May 19, 2016 Big congratulations to Kansas! On May 13, Kansas made great strides forward by passing the Acupuncture Practice Act as part of HB2615, gathering all 40 votes in the Senate and 115-7 in the House. The Acupuncture Practice Act, which has been in the works for more than five years, requires acupuncturists practicing in the state to be licensed. …

The Art of Practice – 6 Simple Ways to Spice Up Your Practice

By East Haradin, DAOM, LAc Over the course of more than 15 years of private practice, I have realized that there truly is an art to being a continuously successful and completely fulfilled practitioner. Sometimes we get burned out. Sometimes our patients get bored with the same treatment every time they come in. Sometimes we …