Practicing Acupuncturist Feedback (USA)
As the existing model of acu education falls apart, I'm wondering what practitioners think an ~ideal~ future model would be?
Hypothetically, if costs were reasonable and the same per credit/energy/time spent, do you think a:
vocation model: shorter education timeline, less didactic classes, more in-person experience, more business-forward
or
grad school model: longer timeline, deeper into theory/history, perhaps more complex disease/illness training, prep for white-collar environment (not entrepreneurial)
would be ideal for the current and future state of acupuncture work in the US?
Patient perception seems to be changing post-covid, so the latter professional grad school model seems more appropriate now than ever. Would love to hear thoughts, thanks!
