In the EU, the attitudes of biomedical professionals, general practitioners, hospital clinicians, nurses, midwives and physio-therapists to CAM seem to form a barrier.
Biomedical professionals lack knowledge and support for citizen’s interest in the use of CAM. The exposed between extent citizens and biomedical professional in use and interest of CAM can be so inconsistently. Studies of CAM including Nissen, N’s review (2012), rates from low disclosure of CAM use in different EU counties, “when the majority of CAM used does not discuss CAM within biomedical practitioners”.
The main attitudes towards CAM are connected with obtaining information form a trustworthy source, and the perspectives on quality …show more content…
Washington, D.C. Laws & Details Formal Education requirements outlines 500 hours of clinic plus 1,500 hours of apprenticeship training for acupuncturists( Acupuncture Society of Washington, D.C.,2014)Each state has different licensing requirements (Acufinder, 2014);New Zealand schools are similar (Title, Code, Title, Code, & Medicine, n.d. & NZCCM , n.d. ).
I was shocked to learn that, Otago University in NZ offers a Postgraduate Certificate in Physiotherapy (PGCertPhty), a Diploma and Master’s degree in acupuncture; the subject in learning acupuncture for those doing the above degree only add PHTY 548 (Introduction to Musculoskeletal Acupuncture) into their learning which is “taught by distance learning with 3 x 3-day residential blocks” (Otago University, …show more content…
This requirement to enable the gaining of registration as a physiotherapist practicing acupuncture (Scrymgeour, 2000 & PAANZ Document library, 2013).According to Otago University and PAANZ (1990) in learning acupuncture showed inadequate training if compare to New Zealand School Acupuncture of Traditional Chinese Medicine (NZSATCM) & New Zealand College of Chinese Medicine (NZCCM).
Underpinning this, if biomedicine practitioners, GPs, osteopaths, or physiotherapists(MedicineNet.com, 2012) wish to practise in acupuncture, full training must be under taken, and given the limited consultation time should only hold one legislation licence, either Western medicine or Eastern medicine. A practitioner can practice more than one within CAM if qualified. They should not confuse or mislead the patient.
It would be interesting to see osteopaths (Osteo council, 2013) and physiotherapists (Scrymgeour, 2000) perform acupuncture.
Is it acceptable to watch the above practitioners put their hands on acupuncture with a very little