Ethics of Managing Patients’ Expectations

How many treatments will it take? What results can I expect? Will it hurt? How much younger will I look with cosmetic acupuncture? This session will explore ethical practices and interactive skills of practitioner-patient communication as it applies to the discussion of acupuncture process and results, inspiring patient trust, compliance and retention while adhering to ethical practices.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, which started in the US early in 2020, many acupuncturists treated patients with symptoms related to COVID-19 infection. We conducted a study to explore how acupuncturists accessed information and devised Chinese herbal medicine treatment strategies for patients with symptoms that may have been related to COVID-19 infection.This talk will present the findings from this study along with perspectives on the application of evidence-based medicine to ancient healing systems.

In this three-hour webinar students will learn how to incorporate a variety of anti-aging and rejuvenating modalities into their practice such as: micro/nano needling, serums, cosmetic acupuncture, dermal rolling, gua sha, red and infrared light and other TCM modalities. In addition, students will learn how to provide Body Reshaping & Fat Elimination treatments to patients. Information covered includes what is it, how to incorporate it into your practice, protocols, and how to combine it with acupuncture and other TCM modalities. Lastly, students will learn how to effectively, and successfully, add these various modalities into their practice.

Twenty-five years ago research on acupuncture was classified as poor quality and insufficient to justify mainstream usage or insurance coverage in the US. Consumer research undertaken at Harvard University in the 90s showed unexpected high use of acupuncture and other ‘alternative’ therapies, and was a catalyst for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop an office to conduct research into the effectiveness and safety of these therapies. Acupuncture research in the US and around the world has been the greatest force moving acupuncture into the mainstream and showcasing East Asian medicine as a valid medical system. This talk will examine important developments in East Asian medical research, the intersection of such research with urgent unmet needs within the US healthcare system, and how you can leverage this to build a vision for the future of your practice.

This session will provide one hour of ethics in facial acupuncture and two hours of safe practice and needling skills of the head, neck, and face as it relates to cosmetic facial acupuncture. We will examine the ethics of how to manage patient expectations with regard to facial cosmetic acupuncture in particular. The safety portion of the class will examine how to safely needle sensitive points surrounding the eyes, the carotid artery, and nerves of the face and head as well as how to minimize bruising and other possible adverse effects of acupuncture in these regions, while maintaining positive effects.

There are three centers that hold vast amounts of Qi energy deep inside your body. These three Energy Centers are called Dantians and regulate your capacity for wisdom, love, and vitality. The relative strength of these qualities determines your energy type. If you can tap wisdom more easily than love, for example, you may be brilliant but emotionally blocked and unable to open your heart and connect with others deeply. Or if you express love more easily than wisdom you may have a noble heart full of good intentions but timing your actions wisely becomes an issue. In most of us, one of these centers tends to be stronger than the other two and one center tends to be weaker than the other two. This energetic imbalance manifest as an imbalance in daily life since Qi and life reflect each other. In this lecture, Robert Peng will explore the nature of Qi energy and the theory behind these Energy Centers. He will analyze 6 types of energy imbalance and its relevant personalities. And he will introduce a simple but practical Qigong to balance these three Dantians and deepen the connection between your internal energies and the energies of Heaven and Earth.