Get Involved

Being able to connect with ACTCM doesn't end after graduation! The College offers many ways to stay involved with your alma mater, including becoming a mentor to current students, acting as a TCM expert for the College's Speaker's Bureau, and participting in one or several of the many community outreach events the College attends each year.

Speakers Bureau

ACTCM is an expert resource for dozens of media requests and in-person presentations each year.  

If you are an ACTCM Faculty member or alumni, and would like to become a part of this prestigious group of experts, please send a letter of introduction along with a CV by email to: Director of Communications, or by mail to:

American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine
attn: Director of Communications
455 Arkansas Street
San Francisco, CA 94107 
 

Community Outreach

ACTCM strives to serve the local community and increase understanding of TCM through participation in local health fairs, public lectures, conferences and special events. ACTCM welcomes alumni involvement in these events which provide excellent opportunities for practice building.

If you'd like to become involved in community outreach, consider becoming one of ACTCM's Community Outreach Specialists. This position is great for newer grads who are working on building their patient load and their real-life TCM skills. Duties involve speaking to the public and other health care practitioners about the benefits of TCM, offering auricular acupuncture and/or massage, and representing the college to the public. Events can include employee health days, company in-services, presentations to local businesses, lectures at local colleges and universities, and local health fairs and street fairs.

If you'd like to learn more about this position, please contact ACTCM's Director of Communications
 

Become a Mentor

ACTCM offers students a mentorship program where third year students are paired with ACTCM alumni who have an established practice in the Bay Area. The program enables current students to spend one quarter working and learning about the details of private practice set up and management.

The Mentorship Program was implemented as a direct response to requests by current ACTCM students.  Benefits of this relationship are many, including alumni receiving additional assistance in their practices, and the student-apprentices gaining invaluable knowledge, hands-on experience, and general office expertise. 

If you'd like to become a mentor, please contact ACTCM's Director of Student Services.