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CA Acupuncture Curriculum

The purpose of this survey is to receive feedback on the current CA Acupuncture Curriculum requirements in preparation for the WebEx Townhall Meeting for Acupuncture Curriculum on May 20, 2022.  All responses should be submitted by May 16, 2022, so the responses can be included in the results presented at the townhall.
1.How much science and clinical science training would be the optimal to allow CA acupuncturists safe entry-level practice and communication with other healing arts primary care practitioners for the purposes of referrals?
2.Are science prerequisites vital to the educational requirements of CA acupuncturists?
3.If you answered Yes to Question 2, what about those prerequisites make them vital?
For questions 4 through 10, rate the following amounts of required hours as insufficient, sufficient, or excessive, for how well those hours enable acupuncturists to achieve competency in those areas:
4.350 hours of training in Basic Sciences
5.1,255 hours of training in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Principles, Theories and Treatment
6.240 hours of training in Clinical Medicine, Patient Assessment and Diagnosis
7.90 hours of training in Case Management
8.45 hours of training in Practice Management
9.40 hours of training in Public Health
10.30 hours of training in Professional Development
For questions 11 through 17, please refer to the California Code of Regulations § 1399.434 (a) through (g) to review the subtopics referenced in each question.  The purpose of this set of questions is to clarify the education required for entry level practice.
11.What coursework in Basic Sciences do you think would be beneficial to add to or remove from the current requirements?
12.What coursework in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Principles, Theories and Treatment do you think would be beneficial to add to or remove from the current requirements?
13.What coursework in Clinical Medicine, Patient Assessment and Diagnosis do you think would be beneficial to add to or remove from the current requirements?
14.What coursework in Case Management do you think would be beneficial to add to or remove from the current requirements?
15.What coursework in Practice Management do you think would be beneficial to add to or remove from the current requirements?
16.What coursework in Public Health do you think would be beneficial to add to or remove from the current requirements??
17.What coursework in Professional Development do you think would be beneficial to add to or remove from the current requirements?
18.To achieve competency in Herbal Medicine, 450 hours of didactic training is:
19.Are current educational requirements in Herbal Medicine  preparing CA acupuncturists for the safe and effective use of herbs  or will licensees and consumers be better served to include more detailed criteria for the Herbal Medicine training?
20.If more detailed Herbal Medicine criteria is needed, what Herbal Medicine coursework would be most beneficial to have?
21.Currently 75% of clinical practice needs to be completed at a clinic that is owned and operated by the school, with 25% allowed at an approved externship site. This amount is:
22.From an educational and training viewpoint, is having a specified amount of Clinical Practice training hours completed at a clinic that is owned and operated by the school necessary?
23.If you answered Yes to Question 22, what are the benefits?
24.From an educational and training viewpoint, would having a minimum amount of Clinical Practice training completed in an approved externship, such as at a hospital, medical clinic, or private practice that is not owned and operated by the school be sufficient to prepare acupuncturists for entry level practice?
25.If you answered Yes to Question 24, how many hours of Clinical Practice training at an approved externship would be sufficient for the entry level practice of acupuncture?
26.In addition, if you answered Yes to question 24, what Clinical Practice training coursework would be sufficient for entry level practice of acupuncture?
27.What changes to the curriculum requirements would prepare acupuncturists for entry level practice?
28.As a Licensee, do you think that your school’s didactic and clinical curriculum adequately prepared you for entry level practice?
29.If you answered No to Question 28, what additional training would be needed to address this deficiency?
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