POCA members respond to the AAAOM survey
The community acupuncture profession is moving clearly in a direction toward simplicity in practice, accessibility to services, and ease of entry into…
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POCA’s Statement To ACAOM re: THE FPD
Below is the body copy of POCA's letter to ACAOM. The ACAOM website only allows a small amount of space in their public comments field,…
CAN’s Complaint About ACAOM’s Non-Responsiveness to CAN’s Complaint
Dear ACAOM, Please consider this your final opportunity to respond to the Community Acupuncture Network’s (CAN) complaint regarding your <…
There’s This Poem by Kay Ryan…Part 2
In less than 6 months, the executive directors of two major acupuncture organizations resigned without explanation -- Dort Bigg of the ACAOM and R…
CAN’s official letter of complaint to ACAOM re: decision on FPD standards
ACAOM Commissioners,
Please accept this formal complaint regarding the February 2010 ACAOM Decision On First Professional Doctoral …
FPD and ACAOM for the gold!
In the new Olympic sport of Moving the Goalposts. Or is it Gaslighting? Hard to define, but it's clear we have a winner! In this blo…
CAN Does Not Support The Proposed First Professional Doctorate Degree
The following is a copy of the letter sent by the CAN Board to ACAOM (Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine) stating offic…
Problems With the ACAOM Second Resolution and Recommendations
Why did ACAOM decide at its August 2009 meeting to revisit a February 9, 2008 resolution on the development and piloting of accreditation standards for…
Facebook’s New
Not to be outdone by our fun-loving, cyber-savvy, network of nicknamed punks, the Supporters of a First Professional Doctorate in Acupuncture have…
GUEST BLOG: Statement of Opposition from Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine National Coalition (AOMNCC)
(AOMNCC's membership is currently around 1200, most of whom are licensed acupuncturists, with some educators and patients also.)