Table of Contents:
International News
- Links to Recent Online Articles
- An Interview with Jeannie Kang, LAc, Advisor to WHO
State Legislative Activities
- State's Update
National AOM Issues
- An Interview with Abbye Silverstein Regarding AcuDetox
- Integrator Blog News & Reports
Practice Management
- An Interview with Billy Woods of NeonPinkTiger Healthworks
- Treating the Whole Patient
- An Interview with Dr. Robert D. Marion, OMD, LAc of the Westlake Foundation
AAAOM Activities
- Report from the National Governmental Affairs Committee
- US News & World Report
- Rebuttal to US News and World Report
Links
- Recent Articles about Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
Continuing Education and Events
- Wellness Greetings from the World Wellness Open University
- Jade Institute
- EnracUSA
- Madeline Aron,LMT
- ACCAHC Appoints New Chair
- Maryland Acupuncture School
- Introduction to New Program: Acupuncture & Massage
- Pacific College Celebrates the Chinese New Year
- New Clinic Launched by Local Acupuncture College
- Proving a Point
- Northwestern Graduates 22 Students from the School of Massage Therapy
AAAOM Student Organization
- Pre-Boarding Call...
Products, Services, and Member Savings
- Positions Available/Wanted
Greetings AOM Members and Colleagues:
This issue of Qi-Unity
Report keeps you informed on the issues that affect your
practice and your future in AOM. We greet the new year with a sense of promise for the
profession, even as we work together to confront the issues and challenges that we face
to move forward. As always, we present articles to inform and inspire.
In this Qi-Unity
Report
we look at everything from using acupuncture to treat addiction to an announcement of
the AAAOM-SO membership drive.
Your feedback is valuable to us. We invite you to use our General Feedback
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International News
Links to Recent Online Articles
http://www.aaaomonline.info/qiunity/08/01/1a.html
An Interview with Jeannie Kang, LAc, Advisor to WHO
Jeanne Kang, LAc, is the AAAOM advisor to the World Health Organization. In this interview, Jeanne discusses the ICD,
a coding system of diseases, symptoms, causes of injuries and such that is critical to the intgration of traditional
Oriental medicine into the global healthcare system.The ICD version 11 will be discussed by international representatives
of traditional Oriental medicine at the WHO in June of this year and hopefully its inclusion will be finalized; this will
be an historic and groundbreaking event for all who take part in tradition medicine. Read more about this important issue.
http://www.aaaomonline.info/qiunity/08/01/1b.html
State Legislative Activities
State's Update
Every month Phranque Wright brings you the latest on state efforts. Every state learns from every other and Phranque
continues to inspire members of the AOM community to get involved in how the profession takes shape across the country.
http://www.aaaomonline.info/qiunity/08/01/2a.html
National AOM Issues
An Interview with Abbye Silverstein Regarding AcuDetox
Qi-Unity
Report interviews Abbye Silverstein, LAc, DiplAc, who administers an
acu-detox program for the Larimar County, Colorado, corrections and probation department in Ft.
Collins, teaches at Southwest Acupuncture College in Boulder, and has been practicing privately
since 1999. The expansion of the acu-detox treatment method could revolutionize drug treatment.
Read more about her approach!
http://www.aaaomonline.info/qiunity/08/01/3a.html
Integrator Blog News & Reports
As an on-going monthly feature, Qi-Unity
Report continues to feature articles of interest from the Integrator, edited by John Weeks.
The articles for January each touch on direct developments in acupuncture and Oriental medicine:
- A trends expert focuses on “healing health care”.
- Associations for holistic medical doctors and naturopathic doctors are co-locating their 2008 conventions.
- Data on patient outcomes of a Medicaid pilot using licensed acupuncturists and massage therapists.
- A battle in Wikipedia over the definition of homeopathy – and implications for other “alternative” medicine.
- Six perspectives on the optimal relationship between natural health practitioners and natural product companies.
Enjoy!
http://www.aaaomonline.info/qiunity/08/01/3b.html
Practice Management
An Interview with Billy Woods of NeonPinkTiger Healthworks
Qi-Unity
Report interviews Billy Wood, founder of NPT, an innovative company seeking to
put internet technologies into the service of AOM. Billy volunteered his expertise to film the AAAOM
conference in Portland in 2007. He has forged his online work while attending the Academy of Oriental
Medicine for his degree; see how both directions will enable him and the future users of his site to be
more effective practitioners.
http://www.aaaomonline.info/qiunity/08/01/4a.html
Treating the Whole Patient
Anecdotes from patients who have benefited from acupuncture after having tried other means to alleviate
illness build patient trust in the clinic. In a new feature directed toward your waiting room, we present
to you articles written more for the layperson than the practitioner. You may choose to print this out for
the benefit of your patients.
http://www.aaaomonline.info/qiunity/08/01/4b.html
An Interview with Dr. Robert D. Marion, OMD, LAc of the Westlake Foundation
This month Qi-Unity
Report interviews Dr. Robert Marion, OMD, LAc, Director of the Westlake Foundation in
Austin, Texas about The Art of Health and Happiness and The Pyramid of Natural Foods. This
valuable report gives full permission to be printed directly off the internet and given by acupuncturists and
Oriental medical doctors as a gift to family, friends and neighbors. Written in simple, large type, this guide
saves the practitioner time by explaining the basics of what patients can do outside the acupuncture clinic to
improve their health. Many common questions new patients have are answered in full.
http://www.aaaomonline.info/qiunity/08/01/4c.html
AAAOM Activities
Report from the National Governmental Affairs Committee
Do you know what legislation being presented in the House of Representatives will affect you and your practice?
Besides choosing a new president of the U.S. this year, you can participate in our democratic process by becoming
aware of and involved with pending bills. Take a look at what is happening on the national level. It concerns you!
http://www.aaaomonline.info/qiunity/08/01/5a.html
US News & World Report
Many of you have contacted us about the need for the AOM profession to fashion a concerted response to
misrepresentation of the profession in the media. This is a priority for us and we intend to respond to
these issues as they arise on an ongoing basis.
For example, the AAAOM recently issued a statement in response to a recent US News & World Report
article that misrepresented AOM. You may read the original article at the following link:
http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/2008/01/09/embracing-alternative-care.html
Forthcoming responses from the AAAOM will vary according to whether we are responding to the popular
media or to professional journals. If you encounter an article that you feel falsely represents acupuncture
or Oriental medicine, kindly contact Douglas Newton (dnewton@aaaomonline.org),
AAAOM Program Manager.
Together we can work together to insure not only that the public is educated and informed, but that the story of
AOM is told by the people practicing this healing art in America.
Rebuttal to US News and World Report
By Martin Herbkersman, MTOM, DiplOM, AAAOM President
http://www.aaaomonline.info/qiunity/08/01/5b.html
Links
Recent Articles about Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
Each month, Qi-Unity
Report selects timely articles and links for you, our members, to help you stay
informed about the latest news and comments about CAM and acupuncture in sources ranging from scholarly
publications to magazines for the lay public to the likes of Oprah.com. Take a look at what we have
collected for your reading pleasure and edification in January.
http://www.aaaomonline.info/qiunity/08/01/6a.html
Continuing Education and Events
Wellness Greetings from the World Wellness Open University
The World Wellness Open University will be hosting the World Congress of Integrated Medicines March 23-26, 2008,
in Chennai India. This is an outstanding opportunity to learn about and interact with top professionals in the integrated medical world.
http://www.aaaomonline.info/qiunity/08/01/7a.html
Jade Institute
Comprehensive Perspectives on the Diagnosis, Treatment and Management of Infertility
http://www.aaaomonline.info/qiunity/08/01/7b.html
EnracUSA
Introductory Collateral Meridian Therapy Seminar
http://www.aaaomonline.info/qiunity/08/01/7c.html
Madeline Aron,LMT#1456
Reiki Level I/II
http://www.aaaomonline.info/qiunity/08/01/7d.html
ACCAHC Appoints New Chair
Dr. Elizabeth Goldblatt, PhD, MPA/HA, has been appointed the new Chair for the Academic Consortium for Complementary
and Alternative Health Care. She will concentrate on moving the CAM academic community forward by promoting educational
excellence in academic curriculums and clinical training, equitable access to resources for colleges, students and
faculty, enhancement of research capacity, national policy leadership, research, and supporting future leaders and
policy actions that will affect the transformation of our healthcare system. Read more about this Consortium and
how it works to promote ultimate transformation of our healthcare system.
http://www.aaaomonline.info/qiunity/08/01/7e.html
Maryland Acupuncture School, 2008 Seminars
Yang Sheng/ Longevity and Health & Spirituality in Chinese Medicine
Breast and Prostate Health
Deepening Diagnosis and Treatment Skills
Getting Better at Getting the CF
http://www.aaaomonline.info/qiunity/08/01/7f.html
Introduction to New Program: Acupuncture & Massage
Have you ever thought about studying acupuncture and massage IN China? In English? Well, if so, here is a program
for you! Read the details and requirements to participate in this new program.
http://www.aaaomonline.info/qiunity/08/01/7g.html
Pacific College Celebrates the Chinese New Year
Pacific College Celebrates the Chinese New Year
In celebration of Chinese New Year, Pacific College of Oriental Medicine has planned free events and open houses
on each of its three campuses.
http://www.aaaomonline.info/qiunity/08/01/7h.html
New Clinic Launched by Local Acupuncture College
Residents of San Francisco now have another viable option when seeking out holistic health care. The teaching
clinic of the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Potrero Hill has announced that it will be
officially launching a new Faculty Practice Clinic in January 2008. Check this out!
http://www.aaaomonline.info/qiunity/08/01/7i.html
Proving a Point:
So often the nature of scientific criticism of CAM concerns the “anecdotal evidence” of treatments. Critics
scoff and dismiss too many proposed explorations without the patience necessary to gather more concrete demonstrations of efficacy.
In a Discover magazine article, Andrew Weil demonstrates the need for more tolerance around baseline observation:
“The term anecdotes, continues Weil, is trivializing: ‘It suggests some old codger sitting on a porch
telling a story.’ Weil prefers to call what he has seen ‘uncontrolled clinical observations.’ In a written
response to Relman’s critique, Weil noted that the University of Arizona recently landed a $5 million
National Institutes of Health grant to study, among other things, the value of cranial therapy (manual
manipulation of the skull bones) in treating children’s ear infections. ‘If I had dismissed the successes
I saw with [the treatment] as anecdotes, we would not be in a position to take the next step and gather
the data that Relman wants to see.’”
Northwestern Graduates 22 Students from the School of Massage Therapy
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. —Northwestern Health Sciences University’s School of Massage Therapy
graduated 22 students with a massage therapy certificate in mid-December.
Graduates hailed from five different states. Richie Ellingson and Anna Larson, Northwestern students
from the graduating class, delivered the student greeting. The presidential greeting was presented by Mark
Zeigler, DC, president of Northwestern.
The commencement address was delivered by Pauli Payne, BA, NCTMB, integrative medicine practitioner,
Institute of Health and Healing at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, Minn.
Northwestern Health Sciences University offers a wide array of choices in natural health care education
including chiropractic, Oriental medicine, acupuncture, therapeutic massage, human biology, and integrative
health and wellness. The University has more than 900 full-time students on a 25-acre campus in Bloomington, Minn.
AAAOM Student Organization
Pre-Boarding Call...
During March 2008, the American Association of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine Student Organization (AAAOM-SO)
is offering half price student memberships. One $250.00 scholarship will be awarded to an AOM student in each
of the six AAAOM-SO regions! Each person joining or renewing must complete an application. The membership dues
will be half the price of the regular annual $50.00 student rate, or $25.
http://www.aaaomonline.info/qiunity/08/01/8a.html
Products, Services, and Member Savings
In closing.
We continue to refine the quality of the
Qi-Unity Report
for our members. Perhaps you can lend us your voice to help us better serve the AAAOM membership.
This is your newsletter and we wish to tailor it to the information you value and use.
As always, we welcome your feedback to improve and enhance this publication and its benefits
to you as we continue to galvanize our common interest to rise and meet the marriage of challenges and opportunities that lie ahead!
Best Wishes,
