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Course Overview
Please Note: This is an Audio and Reading Course. 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 this Basics of Western Medicine for Acupuncturists Series. Courses included in this series are: Neurology for the TCM Practitioner, Infectious Diseases, Musculoskeletal Diseases and Womens 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. This course covers: (1) Nerve compression syndromes (2) Deformities and disorders of the hand (3) Foot problems and podiatric surgery (4) Workmens compensation injuries (5) Musculoskeletal tumors (6) Amputations and care of the amputee (7) Rehabilitation of stroke and spinal injury patients (8) Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and joint replacement surgery (9) Physics and physiology: the bones, joints, tendons, ligaments, & skeletal muscles (10) Arthritis (11) Bone Infections (12) Vasculitis Syndromes (13) Disorders of the lumbar spine Disorders of the cervical spine
Course Objectives
- Participants will understand nerve compression syndromes
- Participants will understand deformities and disorders of the hand
- Participants will understand foot problems and podiatric surgery
- Participants will understand workmens compensation injuries
- Participants will understand musculoskeletal tumors
- Participants will understand amputations and care of the amputee
- Participants will understand rehabilitation of stroke and spinal injury patients
- Participants will understand arthroscopy, sports medicine, and joint replacement surgery
- Participants will understand physics and physiology: the bones, joints, tendons, ligaments, & skeletal muscles
- Participants will understand arthritis
- Participants will understand bone Infections
- Participants will understand vasculitis syndromes
- Participants will understand disorders of the lumbar spine
- Participants will understand disorders of the cervical spine
Course Outline
0 hrs - 2 hrsPhysics and Physiology: The Bones, Joints, Tendons, Ligaments, Skeletal Muscles
2 hrs - 3 hrsArthritis
3 hrs - 4 hrsBone infections
4 hrs - 5 hrsVasculitis Syndromes; Disorders of the Lumbar Spine and the Cervical Spine
5 hrs - 7 hrsNerve Compression Syndromes; Deformities and Disorders of the Hand and Foot and Podiatric surgery
7 hrs - 8.5 hrsWorkman’s Compensation Injuries; Musculoskeletal Tumors
8.5 hrs - 9 hrsAmputations and the Care of the Amputee; Rehabilitation of Stroke and Spinal Injury Patients; Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine, and Joint Replacement Surgery
9 hrs - 12 hrsReading - Case Studies
Teacher
Graduating with honors from the University of Michigan School of Medicine, Dr. Bruce Robinson completed another five years of post-graduate internship and residency at the university and a research fellowship at St. Barholomew’s Medical College in London.
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Approved by: NCCAOM, Standard Certificate,
Course Type: Audio and Reading
Course Length: 12 Hrs.
Course Credits: 12 CPD
Course Notes: Notes are provided with this course.
Access Period: Lifetime
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Note
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