12 courses with the subject ACF, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
This course introduces students to the basic ideas of Chinese medical thought, including Yin and Yang, the Five Phases, the bodily substances and the Zang-Fu organs. Students then begin the study of Chinese medical pathology, including the Three Causes, the Eight Parameters, the Six Qi, disorders of bodily substances and Z
This course is a continuation of Chinese Medical Pathology 1. Students will complete the study of Zang-Fu organ patterns and move on to Febrile Disease, including Cold and Warm Disease theories. Finally, students will begin the study of the Four Examinations, covering Observation, Listening, Smelling and Palpating.
Students learn the classical theories of meridian and point function and apply these theories within the framework of modern Chinese clinical experience, assembling point prescriptions for specific symptoms and TCM patterns.
This course continues the study of the Four Examinations. Focusing on the Ten Questions, an in-depth analysis of signs and symptoms is undertaken with an emphasis on the development of differential diagnostic skills.
Students develop skills in applying common accessory techniques, including cupping, guasha, plum-blossom, extravasation, moxibustion, auricular acupuncture and electro-acupuncture. Emphasis is placed on safe practice techniques and risk management.
This class offers a review of diagnosis to give entering interns greater confidence as they begin internship. Attention is directed toward hands on practice with taking of pulse, tongue observation and diagnosis, and learning and implementing palpation. Basic points, methods, content, steps of setting up diagnosis of diseases and patterns are emphasized. The seminar also covers analysis of reason for misdiagnosis. Pre-Requisite: Accessory Techniques; Acupuncture Point Location 1 and 2; Anatomy and Physiology 1 and 2; Chinese Medical Pathology 1 and 2; Diagnostic Analysis in Chinese Medicine; Medical Law and Ethics; Needling Anatomy; Needling Techniques 1 and 2; Pathophysiology 1 and 2; Pre-Clinical Skills, Clinical Expectations and Policies; Patient Assessment and Interactive Skills; Western Medical Screening; passing scores on all pre-clinical entrance examinations; completion of 150 hours of observation; Co-requisite: Student must have begun clinical internship
In this first course of a three-course sequence in Acupuncture Clinical Medicine, students learn the traditional Chinese method of analyzing disease, and determining acupuncture and accessory treatment through differential diagnosis of main presenting symptoms.
The second class of this three-course sequence.
The final class of this three-course sequence.
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This class emphasizes clinical problem-solving skills. Lectures and other learning experiences allow students to improve areas of weakness, consolidate clinical skills, integrate knowledge from the various disciplines of the program and achieve their fullest potential before graduation. This course is designed to review the essential components of the acupuncture portion of the program and to consolidate, integrate and synthesize the learning that has taken place. This course is also designed as a preparation for the National Board Exam.
Students become familiar with this famous medical classic and have the opportunity to review Chinese medical theory and its origins in the context of the greater underlying philosophy and world view of ancient China.
Source: Northwestern Health Sciences University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
