ProgramCIP 51.3301

Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine

A program that prepares individuals for the independent professional practice of acupuncture, a Chinese system of health care and healing based on the use of pulse diagnosis, acupuncture point selection, and needle insertion, as well as herbs and other Asian treatment modalities. Includes instruction in basic Western medical sciences, Asian philosophy, Chinese medical anatomy and physiology, Chinese herbs, diagnostic techniques, patient observation and communication, acupuncture points and point selection, acupuncture techniques, acupuncture treatment of disease, pain management, practice management, and professional standards and ethics.

Definition from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (CIP 2020).

Also called Acupuncture, Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, Oriental Medicine.