Approved for 15 CEUs/ PDAs for the NCCAOM and most states' recertification
Note: This is the CD/Notebook version of this class, the class is in a notebook/CD format. Your class will be shipped to you.
As Acupuncturists' services are more and more frequently being integrated into mainstream medical treatment facilities, many practitioners have a serious need to understand more Western medical terminology, physical examination procedures, and diagnostic parameters. This course is one of four programs in Blue Poppy's Basics of Western Medicine for Acupuncturists Series. Courses included in this series are: Neurology for the TCM Practitioner, Infectious Diseases, Musculoskeletal Diseases and Women's Health: Obstetrics, Gynecology, Breast Disease and Infertility. These courses are designed to teach acupuncture practitioners the basics of Western medicine and "medispeak" for each of these specialties and they fulfill the NCCAOM biomedicine course requirements.
The course covers:
- Nerve compression syndromes
- Deformities and disorders of the hand
- Foot problems and podiatric surgery
- Workmen's compensation injuries
- Musculoskeletal tumors
- Amputations and care of the amputee
- Rehabilitation of stroke and spinal injury patients
- Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and joint replacement surgery
- Physics and physiology: the bones, joints, tendons, ligaments, & skeletal muscles
- Arthritis
- Bone Infections
- Vasculitis Syndromes
- Disorders of the lumbar spine
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Disorders of the cervical spine
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