Continuing Medical Education (CME) Mission Statement

Blue Poppy Institute (BPI) is a division of Blue Poppy Enterprises, a private corporation of the State of Colorado founded in 1982 and headquartered in Boulder. Blue Poppy Institute is dedicated to the promotion of excellence in acupuncture and Chinese medical health care through continuing education courses which enhance and expand the knowledge and skills of professional practitioners of acupuncture and Chinese medicine throughout the English-speaking world.

Blue Poppy Institute CME Program organizes and provides both live and Distance Learning continuing education courses in the following content areas: Chinese medical theory, Chinese medical diagnosis, acupuncture, moxibustion, tuina, cupping, bleeding, and other adjunctive therapies, Chinese herbal medicine, and various Chinese medical clinical specialties, such as but not limited to gynecology, pediatrics, gastroenterology, psychiatry, traumatology, dermatology, and allergies and autoimmune diseases. BPI CME courses are primarily designed for English-speaking professional practitioners of acupuncture and Chinese medicine, although most are open to members of other licensed health care professions who meet minimum entrance requirements in acupuncture and/or Chinese medicine. All BPI CME courses include enduring materials, such as video and audiotapes, textbooks, and supplemental reading packages. Live CME courses are conducted regionally, nationally, and internationally. Distance Learning courses are available either by mail or over the Internet. All BPI CME courses reflect the educational needs of professional practitioners of acupuncture and Chinese medicine in the English-speaking world, however, with an emphasis on North America. The scope of services provided by Blue Poppy Seminars includes needs assessment, program development and management, evaluation of courses, promotion, logistics, and audiovisual support.

The BPI CME Program operates according to established policies and procedures. The goals of the BPI CME Program are to:

1. Develop continuing acupuncture and Chinese medical education based on emerging knowledge and technologies within these fields in both China and the world at large with the goal of improving the quality of health care worldwide

2. Serve the community at large by providing continuing acupuncture and Chinese medical education to clinicians which assists in improving the quality of patient care

3. Provide high quality acupuncture and Chinese medical educational programs which meet the criteria for Professional Development courses (PDAs) of the National Commission for the Certification of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) and Continuing Education Units (CEUs) of state licensing boards for recertification and relicensing in acupuncture and Chinese medicine in the United States and Canada

4. Review the overall program and operational policies annually for consistency with the above Mission Statement and revise as necessary to meet the stated goals.

Adopted April 2001

BPI CME Mission Statement & Its Relationship to

Blue Poppy Enterprises, Inc. As Parent Organization

Blue Poppy Institute is a registered division of Blue Poppy Enterprises, Inc. Blue Poppy Enterprises, Inc. as a whole is dedicated to providing the highest quality information and materials on acupuncture and Chinese medicine to both professional practitioners and the general public throughout the world. The other two divisions of Blue Poppy Enterprises are Blue Poppy Press and Blue Poppy Herbs. Blue Poppy Press is dedicated to providing the highest quality information on acupuncture and Chinese medicine in English, whether that be in hardcopy book or e-book form, as hardcopy or e-delivered Research Reports, or via our on-line Chinese medical journal. Blue Poppy Herbs’ mission is not only to provide practitioners and their patients with high quality, high potency Chinese herbal medicines but to introduce a higher level of sophistication in the prescription and administration of Chinese herbal ready-made medicines. Therefore, we believe that the stated missions of Blue Poppy Enterprises and Blue Poppy Institute are entirely congruent.

In terms of Blue Poppy Enterprises’s support of Blue Poppy Institutes’ mission, BPI has its offices within Blue Poppy Enterprises’s corporate headquarters in Boulder, CO, and its staff is completely integrated into the staff of Blue Poppy Enterprises as a whole.

1. Assessment of needs and development and acquisition of new BPI CME programs and courses is a joint process between the BPI division coordinator and the Blue Poppy Press Acquisitions Board.

2. Editing and proofreading of all BPE written materials is managed by the Blue Poppy Press editorial staff.

3. All necessary graphic arts are produced by BPE’s graphic arts and production department.

4. Marketing and promotions for all BPI CME programs and courses are a joint effort by the BPI coordinator and BPE’s marketing department.

5. BPI sales and customer service are a joint effort by the BPI coordinator and BPE’s sales and customer service department.

6. BPI bookkeeping and accounting are done by BPE’s in-house bookkeeper and external accounting firm.

7. Blue Poppy Institute has its own section of Blue Poppy Enterprises’s extensive Website administered and paid for by BPE as a whole.