The American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (ACTCM) is currently accepting applications for the DAOM program that will be starting in January 2008. The program is designed to accommodate practitioners who can complete their degree while maintaining their practice. The program consists of 552 didactic hours and 732 clinical hours offered in a four-day weekend format meeting every month for 9 quarters. It concludes with a 252-hour clinical experience that can be completed either in China (PRC) or in the USA.

The early application deadline ($50) is September 15, 2007 and the official application deadline ($100) is November 15, 2007.
 

Program Overview

The Doctorate in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (DAOM) is a clinically based professional program that emphasizes:

1. Choice of three areas of specialty: Women's Health, Pain Management, or TCM Dermatology.

2. Greater depth and breadth of knowledge and clinical skills in the field of acupuncture and Oriental medicine;

3. Classes that include both didactic and clinical experiences, as well as case-based learning;

4. Obtaining a specialty with two options available: pain management or women’s health; 

5. Increased interaction and collaboration with western medicine;

6.  Enhancing one’s critical thinking skills in the areas of diagnosis, analysis, problem solving and decision-making; and 

7. Use of research findings in both the practical and academic areas.

Some Distinguishing Characteristics of the DAOM are:

1. Highly educated and experienced faculty from both TCM and western medicine;

2. The opportunity to spend quality time within a specialty, including the opportunity for a one-month study in China (PRC);

3. The opportunity to identify strategies for interaction with western medicine, as well as participating in internships in integrated clinics;

4. The opportunity to process case studies, as well as the diagnosis and treatment of patients, with emphasis on chronic, complex conditions;

5. Increased Public Health knowledge and experience;

6. Participation in clinical research designs and projects

To request a doctoral catalog and packet of information, please click here

Download Catalog http://www.actcm.edu/html/downloads.html 

Download Application http://www.actcm.edu/html/downloads.html 

For further information or for questions, please contact:

Admissions@actcm.edu

Matt Munday

Admissions Counselor

American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine

455 Arkansas Street

SF, CA 94107

(415) 282 7600 ext. 14