Table of Contents:

1. Challenging Our Destiny
2. USDE - NOMAA
3. Shanghai International TCM Seminars
4. SAR - Call for Papers
5. What Are We Doing Anyway? Stasis Or Progress? by John Scott, DOM
6. Attention All New Mexico DOMs
7. Integrator Blog News & Reports
8. Winners of American Specialty Health Scholarships Announced

Greetings OM Members and Colleagues:

As you may have noticed, the Qi-Unity Report is being published late this month as the AAOM Board and Staff was in Phoenix for Expo 2006 from October 17-23rd. The event was highly successful on many fronts and we look forward to providing an in-depth follow-up in next month’s report as well as in the December 2006 American Acupuncturist.

I have to say that as a personal observation the shift I noticed most keenly this year was the degree to which unification of our profession was occurring. Across all fronts this was apparent.

http://www.aaom.info/qiunity/06/10/00.html

USDE - NOMAA
AAOM President Emeritus Gene Bruno highlights important points that the USDE states regarding NOMAA "violations" in its application for USDE recognition. He emphasizes that if NOMAA's petition is accepted based on this USDE analysis, many critical aspects of AOM would then become vulnerable to the AMA's "war on the CAM professions." Learn more about this issue; it affects all acupuncturists and practitioners of OM.

http://www.aaom.info/qiunity/06/10/01.html

Shanghai International TCM Seminars
April 9-13, 2007, Shanghai
Learn more about the very first Shanghai International TCM Seminar! Click on www.sitcms.com or www.heliomed.com

Society for Acupuncture Research
Announcement and Call for Papers:
Abstracts are requested for papers to be presented at the Society for Acupuncture Research conference "The Status and Future of ACU Research: Ten Years Post NIH Consensus Conference", November 8-11, 2007 in Baltimore, MD.

http://www.aaom.info/qiunity/06/10/03.html

What Are We Doing Anyway? Stasis or Progress?
John Scott, DOM, founder of Golden Flower Chinese Herbs, presents the enduring and positive benefits of acupuncture and Oriental Medical treatment as well as the weaknesses of its attractiveness to many in our contemporary Western health market. He explores the reasons why the number of practitioners of AOM has stagnated and discusses several ways to educate the American public on the positive health impact of AOM and of its affordability. (Credits: This article was first published in Acupuncture Today, Summer 2006.)

http://www.aaom.info/qiunity/06/10/04.html

Attention All New Mexico DOMs
Submitted by Rosemarie Ortiz, Executive Director
Recently the New Mexico Board of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine adopted a provision which will allow a doctor of oriental medicine (DOM) whose license has been expired since 2001 a way to reinstate their expired license. This provision is only in effect until July 31, 2007. The Board has mailed out letters to all DOM’s whose licenses have expired since 2001 with a detailed explanation of the requirements and fees that are applicable.

If your license expired between 2001 and 2005 and you have not received a letter from the New Mexico Board of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine regarding the Limited Reinstatement provision, please contact the Board office at 505-476-4630 or via email at Acuormedboard@state.nm.us for additional information. The Board’s physical address is 2550 Cerrillos Road, 2nd Floor, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505.

The Integrator Blog
As an on-going monthly feature, The Qi Unity Report continues to feature articles of interest from "The Integrator Blog", edited by John Weeks and sponsored by NCMIC, Triad Healthcare, Standard Process, Alternative Medicine Integration Group, and individuals who voluntarily contribute.

http://www.aaom.info/qiunity/06/10/06.html

Winners of American Specialty Health Scholarships Announced

http://www.aaom.info/qiunity/06/10/07.html

In closing…

Blessings,

Rebekah Christensen,
Executive Director