The MSA Program

The MSA program is part of the MSOM program that focuses on knowledge and experience in Acupuncture only. The MSA program is created to educate students in Acupuncture providing the best alternative medicine treatments. Students are provided a solid foundation in the principles of Acupuncture as well as Western Allopathic Medicine. The Acupuncture program includes an extensive study of diagnostics, methods of treatment, acupuncture, and ethical management. The program is specifically designed to prepare students to sit for the NCCAOM licensure examination in Acupuncture Certification and provide the necessary skills to practice safely and skillfully.

M.S.A. is offered in different languages: English, Chinese and Korean

For the courses in different languages, only the teaching method is different: The course objectives, learning outcome, study outline, and course evaluation are the same as courses in English.

The Master of Science in Acupuncture (MSA) requires 154 quarter credits (2120 hours) including 690 hours of Clinical training to complete the program. The normal program length of the MSA is 3 years. Students can finish the program as early as in 2 years and 3 months if they become a full time student.

MSA BENEFITS AND FEATURES

  • *Maryland: No NCCAOM examination or certification required as long as you have a Master degree in Acupuncture (http://mx.nccaom.org/StateLicensing.aspx)
  • Faculty from numerous countries and acupuncture lineages 
  • Affordable tuition rates
  • MOU with Hong Kong University
  • The AOM certification examinations are available in three languages: English, Chinese and Korean.

 

The Objectives of the Master’s Program is to create leading practitioners of Integrative Medicine through student centered educational structures and experiences that will produce the following competencies

  1. Defend an etiology of disease from an Acupuncture perspective and utilize this to create and recommend disease prevention strategies.
  2. Have the ability to formulate a logical treatment principle from an Integrative Medical diagnosis, which can be put into action utilizing Acupuncture modalities.
  3. Evaluate patients exhibiting complaints from within the appropriate scope of practice utilizing the Four Pillars of Diagnosis to formulate a treatment plan.
  4. Gain knowledge of traditional methods of assessment and appropriate treatment of patients.
  5. Demonstrate competency in administering a treatment plan as part of the clinical encounter
  6. Identify and demonstrate knowledge of situations and symptoms which necessitate the need for referral to an appropriate health care professional.
  7. Demonstrate the ability to communicate in a professional manner the oriental medicine concepts and diagnoses to other qualified complementary healthcare professionals.
  8. Outline and model personal and professional ethical standards.

The acupuncture field has expanded dramatically over the last 10 years. Graduates have the choice of establishing independent practices or working in collaborative clinics where insurance is often accepted and acupuncturists work side by side with other health care practitioners. Nationwide, many hospitals now offer acupuncture, while more government health care programs are including acupuncture coverage. Acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine is increasingly recognized as safe and cost effective in treating many acute and chronic ailments.

Acupuncture degrees can lead to careers in the following areas:

Private practice

Integrative clinics

Hospitals

Researcher

  • International Health Organizations
 
Writer

  • Sports medicine specialist (team acupuncturist)
 
  • Faculty at acupuncture school or university of natural health arts and sciences.

 

General graduation requirements are as follows:

  1. Satisfactory completion of all required course work and clinical hours in accordance with the Residency Requirement.
  2. Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0
  3. Satisfactory passing of Graduation Examination
  4. Passing of Phase Exams(each before entry of observation, intern level 1, 2, 3), among other requirements including First-aid and Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation(CPR) certification
  5. Annual training of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
  6. Complete the program within one and one-half time program length
  7. Meet all financial obligations to the University

A student must satisfy degree requirements, as outlined in the catalog in effect at the time of enrollment at Virginia University of Integrative Medicine as a degree program student, unless the student interrupts his/her program. It may become necessary to satisfy the program requirements as outlined in the catalog in effect at the time the student re-enters as a student.

 
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The Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (ACAOM) is the recognized accrediting agency for programs preparing acupuncture and Oriental medicine practitioners. ACAOM is located at 8941 Aztec Drive, Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55347; phone 952/212-2434; fax 952/657-7068; www.acaom.org

ACAOM institutional and programmatic accreditation status and notes may be viewed at http://acaom.org/directory-menu/directory/

The Virginia University of Integrative Medicine (“VUIM”) Professional Doctorate [Doctor of Acupuncture (DAc.) / Doctor of Oriental Medicine (DOM)] program, approved to begin enrolling students, is not yet accredited or pre-accredited by ACAOM. Graduates of this program are not considered to have graduated from an ACAOM-accredited or pre-accredited program and may not rely on ACAOM accreditation or pre-accreditation for professional licensure or other purposes. This program is eligible for ACAOM accreditation, and VUIM is currently in the process of seeking ACAOM pre-accreditation/accreditation for the program. However, VUIM can provide no assurance that pre-accreditation or accreditation will be granted by ACAOM.

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