Seattle Institute of Oriental Medicine - Master of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (M.Ac.O.M.) / Master of Acupuncture Degree (M.Ac.)

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Seattle, WA
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The Seattle Institute of Oriental Medicine offers two professional master's degree programs leading to licensure in the field: the M.Ac.O.M. program and the M.Ac. program. Both programs are based on the philosophy that a small group of students, studying in the clinic and in the classroom with experienced faculty practitioners, gain a deep awareness of the vitality of East Asian approaches to health. There is also an educational approach in SIOM training that emphasizes learning a variety of approaches to the medicine with a hands-on focus that insures sufficient practical and clinical expertise for graduates to be competent and successful in their profession.

Both programs are three years in length and have the same prerequisites of three years of college study with some specific basic science requirements. Both programs provide a solid training in acupuncture and its application in a modern health care practice. The M.Ac.O.M. degree program includes extensive academic and clinical instruction in Chinese herbal medicine and has an integrated Chinese medical language curriculum that ensures graduates have the ability to access Chinese medical sources for additional clinical information. The M.Ac. degree program emphasizes an acupuncture education that focuses on graduates working in public health settings, community clinics and in medically underserved areas around the globe. It also is designed to provide more flexibility for students to work during their training and rely less on financial aid loans to fund their education.

Retrieved from Seattle Institute of Oriental Medicine website on 3/29/2010.