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bobflaws [Member] — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:13:12 +0000

Nick, I suggest you e-mail Eric Brand directly about Taiwanese CM schools. His e-mail address is: ericbrand@gmail.com. As for TCM schools in the PRC, that's a very big discussion.

Bob

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Nick H [Visitor] — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:44:04 +0000

Hi there, I'm writing this on the comment of this entry, as the "contact" form seems to not work.

I was happy to come across your blog as I'm currently researching TCM programs. My Chinese is ok, and I realize, in addition to learning TCM, I would actually like to get it fluent and go back to the source, and having lived in China, am thinking of studying in Taiwan.

I am just wondering if you can give me any additional info about what the programs there are like in comparison to US programs, or if any of you have studied there or know others who have you could refer me to, so I could get some idea of the experience outside the online info of the schools, which seems to be pretty minimal.

As far as I can tell from my search results, the two schools in Taiwan for TCM are Yang Ming University and China Medical University. Can you tell me anything about what these respective environments are like?

Your help is much appreciated.

Thanks,
Nick Herman

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bobflaws [Member] — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:45:14 +0000

Mason,

I'm glad to hear your new clinic has three treatment rooms. Keep those beds warm!

Good luck & best wishes.

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Malia Kirby [Visitor] — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:50:51 +0000

Agreed. Back when I was in my final year of school, I had to request permission to treat more than two patients in a three hour time frame. I really wish we had been pushed to treat two patients per hour, minimum. It can be done!

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mason [Member] — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:04:47 +0000

So for all of us starting out with a new lease and buildout with 3 treatment rooms already take the above messages into account and accommodate higher volume but keep the the integrity/privacy of the patients logistically and legally?

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bobflaws [Member] — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:29:35 +0000

Shawn,

Tell us how you really feel.

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shawnkirby [Member] — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:26:04 +0000

YES!
I wholeheartedly agree. I think the absolute best thing that has happened to acupuncture in the U.S. is the community based acupuncture model that is taking off. And this business model is not a path to poverty paved with liberal guilt - I've run excel spreadsheets on this kind of set up versus a "boutique" one-patient-per-hour set up, and you can make three times the money charging one third the price.

(http://www.workingclassacupuncture.org/)

Dovetailing from your previous blog, when you set up your clinic so that you see one patient an hour and give them an hour of your undivided attention, you are just BEGGING to have a practice full of frustrated forty-something cougars who have never been sick a day in their life and want nothing more than to suck the life out you. "Wing Nuts R Us" is an understatement.