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Clinical Practica
in Hospital Environments
The Acupuncture Department offers clinical training in several
hospital settings. Currently, a clinical praticum takes place
at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Centre
hospitalier de La Salle. There, twelve graduating acupuncture
students complete one-third of the clinical training of their
final semester. Jean Levesque is the clinical supervisor.
Acupuncture and Detoxification
Other third-year students will complete a 6th semester clinical
practicum at the Centre Dollard-Cormier, a rehabilitation centre
for alcohol and drug dependencies. Jasmine
Viens is the clinical supervisor.
Collaboration and
Exchanges with China
Since 1991, the Acupuncture Department has maintained close ties
with Nanjing University of TCM in China. Seven professors from
Rosemont College have gone to Nanjing to complete advanced clinical
training since 1991.
Three professors from Nanjing University of TCM have come to Montreal
to teach seminars and to act as Clinical Supervisors at the College.
Between 1994 and 2002, five different clinical practica were offered
to third-year students and to practicing acupuncturists. These
took place in hospitals affiliated with the Nanjing University
of TCM. In all, 65 people went to China to take advantage of this
clinical training. Monique
Comtois is the professor in charge of these initiatives.
Publications
Ocean d'énergie, a work on the etymology of the Chinese
names of the acupuncture points written by Ailian Pan.
Le
Massage Tuina, a book on Tuina massage techniques written
by Bernard Côté.
Manger
le dragon, a compendium on Chinese dietetics written by Claude
Émile Racette,
Points
détente et acupuncture, tomes 1 et 2, on the use of
trigger points in the acupuncture treatment of musculo-skeletal
problems, written by Sylvain Cardinal.
Postgraduate Training
and Continuing Education
For several years now, the Department of Acupuncture has been
offering post-graduate training and seminars.
Over fifty activities
have been organised to date. Some highlights include seminars
- on gynaecology by
Bob Flaws,
- on Chinese pharmacopoeia
by Ted Kaptchuck,
- on musculo-skeletal
evaluation by Sylvain Cardinal and Serge Lapointe,
- on obstetrics and
gynaecology by Jean Levesque,
- on auricular therapy
by Dr Zhou Yuyan from Nanjing,
- and on acupuncture
point indications by Philippe Sionneau.
Élisabeth
Lapierre is in charge of postgraduate training.
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-The
Acupuncture Department's Development Activities