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Title:Acupuncture & IVF
Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Blue Poppy Press (August 2003)
Category: Acupuncture Courses
Extent of acupuncture services being offered to patients via primary care services in the UK
A large proportion of the responding GPs (58%; n = 208 / 358) reported that they had arranged CAM for their patients, with the most popular therapies being acupuncture (47%; n = 169),
BMA survey—The use of acupuncture in primary care services
A random sample of 650 UK general practitioners was selected from the BMA GP members' database of 27,922, representing 1.6% of the GP population overall and 2.3% of BMA GP members.
GPs’ knowledge about acupuncture
Interestingly, despite the relatively high numbers of GPs arranging for their patients to visit acupuncturists, GPs tend to rate their knowledge about the therapy as relatively poor-for example,
National occupational standards in CAM
In the UK, an independent national training organisation, Healthwork UK, is assessing training needs for some professions within the health care sector.
National guidelines for acupuncture training
With the increasing use of acupuncture, the need for a common language to facilitate communication in teaching, research, clinical practice and exchange of information became essential.
Acupuncture organisations
Medically qualified individuals can undertake parttime training (for example, short courses of up to five days duration or during weekends) provided by the British Medical Acupuncture Society (BMAS).
University teaching of acupuncture
Acupuncture is now established as a degree course at Bachelor level in at least two UK universities, run over three or five years, with a higher degree Masters course available for qualified physiotherapists.
BMA and CAM acupuncture courses
A BMA survey of CAM bodies (1993) reflected that there was a considerable range of standards, aspirations, and levels of training for practitioners of CAM therapies. At one end of the spectrum,
British Acupuncture Accreditation Board
As a result of a joint initiative of the Council for Complementary and Alternative Medicine and the Council for Acupuncture (CCAM / CFA) in the UK, a structure for accrediting independent schools and colleges
TCM and teaching acupuncture
Techniques and philosophies in acupuncture have been evolving for over 3,000 years in a wide range of countries and these diverse traditions have been reflected in the training provided in national colleges.
