What acupuncture employers actually need

“It seems like the schools don't train people to do the job… graduates don't understand the process of differential diagnosis, they just use a shotgun approach of TCM concepts… I need them to look at it from both a Western and Eastern medicine viewpoint, do the research from the data gathered, and frame a treatment plan.”

Integrated clinic employer

“Treatment planning is so important for both insurance billing and filling a practitioner’s schedule. How often should a patient come back — 2x/month for 2 months before you reassess? New graduates don’t seem to know what dosage or frequency of acupuncture should be used for anything. They need to know that.”

Solo practice employer

“Providers need to be competent and ready to handle complex cases in a multidisciplinary setting on day one. No time for a learning curve in a hospital setting.”

Hospital / health system employer

“If they can’t translate [EAM] into a care team conversation and maintain the systems point of view while not bogging the team down with semantics no one else understands, their value is minimal to the team.”

Integrative clinic employer