Re-inventing general practice in our community acupuncture clinics
I'm a community acupuncturist. I work in a clinic in the neighborhood next to mine, and so I walk to work, through a park, for about 25 minutes there …
Month: May 2012
Best Practice for WHO?
I debated whether to respond to these comments by Peter Deadman about community acupuncture. It seems like most of us in POCA have had this…
Guest Blog by Joe Smith: Who Knew Acupuncturists Could Have So Much Fun?
The following is a newcomer’s take on the POCAfest, from one of POCA’s first organizational members, Joe Smith, aka Artdude, creator of POCA Point. …
Put a POCA Button on your website!
Want a POCA button for your website? Paste this piece of code into your website: and you’ll have this pretty looking button. Smaller button…
Welcome Speech from POCAFest #1- patient-centered acupuncture
Wherein your dauntless Executive Director discovers she has much more to say than what she had prepared. Including, apparently, liberal use of a certa…
Reactions and Thoughts about POCAfest #1: the Best Conference EVAH
POCASfest #1 just finished and it was a mega success! How big a hit was it? Read on...
Keynote Speech POCAfest 2012
Some thoughts about the acupuncture profession in the West, Ming vases, orchids, dead languages, Miriam Lee, and cathedrals.
Getting angry in the CA clinic
For months now I’ve been trying to write about anger in the community acupuncture clinic, and specifically how my own anger relates to my practice. …
POCA members respond to the AAAOM survey
Many members of POCA were concerned by the survey currently being conducted by AAAOM. A large number of questions made presumptions about the professi…