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Acupuncture p

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called misleading

Dear Editor:

Re: Needled by BiC.'s
physiotherapists, July 4.

We are both health profes-

sionals, a physiotherapist and a
family physician, working on
the North Shore, and we find
Mr. Grant Sinith’s comments
to be misleading. As members
of the Acupuncture
Foundation af Canada
institute (AFC) and as men
bers in good standing in both
of our respective professions,
we would like to clear up the
confusion which has been cre-
ated by Mr. Smith’s lack of
awareness of certain facets about
our organization.
#2 It was stated that Mr. Smith
believes that these medical pro-
fessionals have only received
crash course training in the
field and are not fully qualified
to offer acupuncture services.

The AFC] teaches acupune-
ture only to qualified profes-
sionals who already have the
university-level training — in
anatomy, physiology, and relat-
ed medical subjects allowing
these professionals {ph $5
physiotherapists, dentists, chi-
ropractors, naturopaths, regis-
tered nurses and licensed
acupuncturists) to enter an
acupuncture program with a
considerable foundation of
knowledge and experience.

It is, therefore, not neces-
sary, for example, to review the
cause and symptoms of asthma
or ankle sprain and this helps to
protect the public from incor-
rect diagnosis. AFCI courses
are offered to these profession-
als because they are self-gov-
erning and cach includes
acupuncture within its scope of
practice.

@ Mr. Smith says that a proper-
ly qualified = acupuncturist
should have three years train-
ing, including clinical work —

bat that. a number of local col-
lege: offer abbreviated, nine
day editions of the taining
program, which he teels docs-
nt onearly cover enough
ground fo attain licensing.
There is not a training pro-
gram in Canada or the United
States that teaches solely
acupuncture for a three-year
period. It would be included as
a part of the study of
Traditional Chinese Medicine.
VYhe AFCI core curriculum
(first three courses) has as its
foundation a unique form of
“anatomical” — acupuncture,
which requires the above back-
ground to learn and appreciate.
This approach — allows
acupuncture to be casily inte-
grated into Western practices
(there are 9O hours of entry-
level instruction prior tothe
Level ] exam). Level 11 of our
program begins che integration
of classical acupuncture as well
as advanced = aanaromical
acupuncture — a total of 220
hours when all of the AFC
courses are completed. This is
in keeping with the number of

training hours recommended

by othe World — Health
Organization for medical pro-
fessionals who wish to practise
acupuncture.

The AFCT reminds its
members to practise within
their scope of practice and
within their level of training.

Comments such as Mr.
Smith’s do not serve the public
well and do nothing to oro-
mote the integration of
acupuneturs inte the health-
care system.

Janice Webber, BScPT,
CAFCI, cducation Co-ordi-
nator BC Chapter of AFCI,
Integrated Physiotherapy
and Acupuncture

Dr. Minesh Naran, MD,
CAFCI

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