Dear Colleagues & Friends,
As the golden weather of fall approaches us, I hope everyone is in good health and good spirits.
The Virginia Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine (VITCM) will hold a special professional development activity (PDA) on Sunday, September 25, 2011.
Based on the current NCCAOM board requirements for certificate renewal every four years, there are a few new mandatory requirements: minimal 15 credits in Key knowledge of Acupuncture and Oriental medicine, 4 credits in Safety/Ethics, 11 credits in adjunct therapies, as well as additional 30 credits in other scopes (see detail at http://www.nccaom.org/wp-content/uploads/pdf/2011%20Recertification%20Handbook.pdf, http://www.vitcm.org/?page_id=32). We applied 10 credits one day live presentation in field of Safety/Ethic and Adjunct therapies.
We invite you to participate this special PDA event, in this Seminar, you also have opportunity to watch a American documentary movie “9000 Needles”, which got a few international awards as the Best Documentary Movie.
Seminar time: 09/25/2011, 7:30AM to 5:30 PM.
Seminar address: Potomac Community Center, 11315 Falls Road，Potomac, MD 20854 (only 20 minutes from Vienna/Falls Church); Tel: 240-777-6960.
Contact person：Dr. Arthur Fan，Cell:（703）499-4428.
Fee: $208 (please make check payable to VITCM), Lunch included.
Early registration before 09/15/2011: you could get 10% off (payment will be $188, please mail the check to VITCM, 8214 Old Courthouse Rd, Vienna, VA 22182).
Agenda
7:30AM: Registration
8:00AM-9:30AM: Tai Ji Quan (Tai Chi) and its medical application
By Eugene Zhang, CMD, PhD, LAc & Arthur Fan, CMD, PhD, LAc; Tai Ji Quan in the parking lot, however it may be canceled due to rain
9:30AM-1:30PM: Safety and Ethic in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Practice
Speaker:Lixing Lao,MD, PhD, LAc
Discussion: Arthur Fan, CMD, PhD, LAc
1:30 PM- 3:30PM: Scalp Acupuncture: Prof. Shi Xuemin experience in Neurological disorders
Movie “9000 NEEDLES,” By Arthur Fan, CMD, PhD, LAc；
3:30PM-5:30PM: Cupping, Guasha and Its clinical Applications with demonstration
By Quansheng Lu, CMD, PhD, LAc.
Speakers：
1. Lixing Lao, MD, PhD, LAc：Professor at the Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, international well-known scholar in Acupuncture and Chinese medicine. Former Chairman, Society of Acupuncture Research.
2. Eugene Zhang, CMD, PhD, LAc: Well-known scholar and doctor in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine, former professor of Maryland Institute of Traditional Chinese medicine (MITCM). Board member of CCAOM. An outstanding practitioner of Tai Ji Quan (Tai Chi) and Qi Gong.
3. Quasheng Lu, CMD, PhD, LAc: Well-known scholar and doctor in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine, very skilled in the application of various TCM therapies.
4. Arthur Fan, CMD, PhD, LAc: Well-known scholar and doctor in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine, director of Virginia Institute of Traditional Chinese medicine (VITCM). Also excellent practitioner of Tai Ji Quan (Tai Chi), Qi Gong.
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