TCVM Diagnostics, Classical Points and Advanced Acupuncture Techniques

Take your practice to the next level with advanced training in TCVM diagnostics, acupuncture techniques, and classical acupuncture points

South Korea
Small Animal
English
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Course Overview

TCVM Diagnostics, Classical Points and Advanced Acupuncture Techniques is a wet lab workshop offered to veterinary acupuncturists to expand their technical knowledge of acupuncture and to strengthen their TCVM diagnostic skills. Practical clinical application is the ultimate goal of this course; as such, wet labs make up more than half the on-site portion of the course and lectures are comprised of many demos and case studies. This version of the course is offered to small animal practitioners.

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Main Topics

The course covers three major topics:

1. TCVM Diagnostic Skills

In any medical system, effective treatment hinges upon accurate and complete diagnosis. In Chinese medicine, this crucial process of diagnosis is referred to as Bian Zheng, where Bian means differentiation and identification and Zheng means a type of pattern or illness. Thus, TCVM diagnosis consists of identification of disease patterns, usually through palpation and through tongue and pulse readings. This course discusses the theory and techniques of Bian Zheng beyond what is covered in the Basic Acupuncture course and gives students the opportunity to practice palpation as well as tongue and pulse diagnosis on live small animal or equine patients.

2. Advanced Acupuncture Techniques

Advanced acupuncture topics covered in this course include auricular acupuncture, scalp acupuncture, electro-acupuncture, needling points around difficult locations (eyes, feet, abdomen, etc.) aqua-acupuncture, point embedding, pneumo-acupuncture and moxibustion. They will be covered in course lectures and demos and practiced by students in the wet labs.

3. Classical Acupoints

Today, the majority of veterinary acupuncture points were transposed from humans. However, some ancient books describing the acupoint locations developed specifically for equine and small animal species were preserved and are still used today. The locations and unique actions of these classical acupoints is another major topic of this advanced course.

Course Features

Expand your technical knowledge of acupuncture and to strengthen your TCVM diagnostic skills

12 hours of wet labs intensive hands-on learning

Diagnose and treat real cases with the instructors and fellow veterinary acupuncturists

Learn from all the wet lab cases with discussion rounds

Satisfies the internship requirement of the CVA certification

TCVM Diagnostics, Classical Points and Advanced Acupuncture Techniques

Taught in English

For veterinarians & veterinary students only

Prerequisites

Completion of a veterinary acupuncture course provided by Chi or another equivalent institution is required for enrollment in this course. If currently enrolled in the Chi veterinary acupuncture course, you must complete at least through Session 4 before this course begins.

No semesters currently available

Instructors

Dr. Xie has 41 years of clinical, teaching, and research experience in veterinary acupuncture and TCVM. He has trained over 10,000 veterinarians to practice TCVM worldwide. Dr. Xie’s education includes advanced training in veterinary medicine, veterinary acupuncture, and human acupuncture. Dr. Xie has authored 20 books and over 100 peer-reviewed papers. His textbooks, including Xie’s Veterinary Herbology, Xie’s Veterinary Acupuncture, and Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine-Fundamental Principles, have been used for TCVM training programs around the world. Dr. Xie continues to teach and develop educational courses and programs at Chi University, serves as a full clinical professor at the University of Florida’s College of Veterinary Medicine, and is an honorary professor at China Agricultural University, South China Agricultural University, and China Southwest University.

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Dr. Min Su Kim received his DVM from Kyungpook National University of Veterinary Medicine and PhD degree from the Seoul National University in 2006 with acupuncture and surgery studies. Then, he completed an internship in acupuncture at the University of Florida (UF) Veterinary Medical Center. He is associate professor at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonbuk National University and has been working as a research professor at Indiana Medical School. He has authored over 5 books of veterinary surgery and traditional veterinary medicine and published over 90 papers on veterinary surgery and acupuncture in peer-reviewed journals. He has been working as academic committee chair in both Korean Society of Veterinary Surgery (KSVS) and Korean Society of Traditional Veterinary Medicine (KSTVM). He has been one of the major speakers and instructors at the Chi courses in South Korea and Beijing.

Dr. Hanwen Cheng practices in New Taipei City, Taiwan. He received his DVM degree from National Chia Yi University. Dr. Cheng is the President of The Chinese Society of Traditional Veterinary Science, and the Vice Chairman of the Fourth Members Conference of Asian Society of Traditional Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Cheng has been invited to speak by different veterinary medical associations, including the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society, the Chinese Society of Traditional Veterinary Science, Chi University, and other various universities. Dr. Cheng received the Taiwan Outstanding Veterinarian Award by National Veterinary Festival in 1999 and was recognized as one of the Top Ten International TCVM Practitioners by Global Sun Samiao in 2012.

Dr. Ma is a professor at the College of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine, Agricultural University of Hebei, China. Dr. Ma graduated from the College of TCVM, University of Hebei, China in 1987. From there she became a teaching assistant at her hometown University. She received her Master's degree of TCVM in 2005 and got her PhD from the College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University in 2008. She has authored 4 TCVM textbooks and published over 50 papers. She was a visiting professor at Cornell University, the University of Florida, and Chi from 2011 to 2012.

Dr Chee May Wong graduated with a DVM from University Putra Malaysia (UPM) in 2003 and has practiced in small animal medicine and emergency practice for twenty years and established her own private clinics in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor. In 2013, Dr. Wong began pursuing an education in TCVM at the Chi Institute (now Chi University) and earned a Certified Veterinary Acupuncturist (CVA, 2013), Certified Veterinary Chinese Herbalist (CVCH, 2017), Certified Veterinary Tui-na Practitioner (CVTP, 2017), Certified Veterinary Food Therapist (CVFT, 2017) with Dean's List recognition, Certified Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine Practitioner (CTCVMP, 2018) and Master of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine (MS-TCVM, 2019). Dr. Wong the Director of Chi Malaysia, tutor, lab instructor (TA), Acupoints examiner and also part of elected WATCVM BOD and APATCVM BOD. She has published and presented her case & research studies including “ Integrative Medical Approach to Anaplasmosis in a dog", “TCVM Approach to Acute Pelvic Limb Paralysis in a Dog,” "The Effectiveness of Integrating Gui Pi Tang with Conventional Medicines in the Treatment of Thrombocytopenia in Dogs: A Retrospective Study,” and “Integrative mSAP for Arthritis and other Geriatric/Pediatric Conditions in Dogs and Cats etc. Her mission is to save more lives, especially in emergency critical care cases with the latest integrative medical approach by applying Traditional Chinese veterinary medicine treatment regime.

Enrollment options

No semesters currently available

Frequently Asked Questions

Definitely! As long as you have completed an acupuncture course offered by the Chi U, or organization (IVAS, and etc.), you are welcome to register for this course.

No. Registration for the course includes both the online and onsite portions of the course. Because this course is based heavily on the hands-on wet labs, the onsite portion is essential to the full understanding of the course material.

The online lectures are available streaming on the website. You will receive access instructions via email when the online portion begins. The lectures are available in two formats, one for faster internet connections and one for slower internet connections.

No, the course deposit of $100 will save your seat when you register. The class tuition is due 30 days before the class begins.