(CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT)
“Over the years, we have benefitted immensely from being able to do repeated clinical observations with experienced Chinese medicine practitioners, for example at the Alternative Clinic, USA (the teaching clinic of the Association for Traditional Studies, with Andrew and JulieAnn Nugent-Head) or the Tuina wards of the Zhejiang Hospital of Chinese medicine, China.
As we appreciate time and costs mean this is not available to everyone, we run CPD events and programmes, to help spread the knowledge that we have gained abroad. Our wish is to raise the standard of practice of Chinese medicine here by passing on our knowledge to practitioners in the UK. We look forward to welcoming you and sharing our experience with you!”
Conny and Zarig
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Taught over 5 in-person weekends in London each and each including over 40 hours of video content by Andrew Nugent-Head, these programmes offer the full ATS training to tangibly and reliably bring a patient’s system back to health.
These 5 module programmes are run one a year, on a 3 year cycle.
Current cycle is below –
TAOI 2025-2026
TAIM 2026-2027
CBCP 2027-2028
At Yi Dao Clinic we regularly accept student/practitioner observers. This is a great way for our course participants to see the material in real practice, or for new observers to get a feeling for what we do, and to experience spending some time in a busy, established practice.
“I wanted to express my immense gratitude for the student shadowing opportunity at your acupuncture clinic. Thank you for allowing me to learn and observe under your guidance. It was an incredibly enjoyable experience, and I gained a wealth of knowledge during my time with you both.”
2nd year student observer
Acupuncture practitioners often graduate from college without having had much opportunity to observe experienced practitioners, and have little concept of what running an established practice involves. The patients attending, types of treatments carried out, and dynamics in the therapeutic relationship can be significantly different between a student clinic and private practice.
At Yi Dao, we believe passionately in the importance of training the next generation of practitioners to a high level if we want our medicine to be truly respected and appreciated by the general public. Our clinical observations give students and graduates an opportunity to experience a busy, professional setting with all its intricacies. We hope this is an eye-opening experience which will inspire them to look beyond any limitations they believe that private practice has.
The patients attending our clinic are our priority, hence observation days will be scheduled around suitable patients.
Fees are free for acupuncture/herbal medicine students, or £40/day for graduate observers.
