australian institute of holistic medicine

Australian Institute of Holistic Medicine
Graduate Diploma in Clinical Acupuncture

This course is currently unavailable pending accreditation

This Acupuncture course is available to those people who are currently practicing or qualified health professionals such as Medical Practitioners, Dentists, Chiropractors, Physiotherapists, Osteopaths, Registered Nurses, Podiatrists, Occupational Therapists, Pharmacists, Accredited Natural Therapists and other qualified health professionals.

The course is offered over a 2.5-year period, with study being undertaken on a part-time basis, usually in the evening once a week.

The Graduate Diploma course comprises of seven units (ACU118 – ACU718) of study with students also required to complete a total of 400 hours of supervised clinical training. Full unit descriptions are available by contacting Australian Institute of Holistic Medicine.

Supervised clinical training is offered at the Institute’s Student Naturopathic Clinic and also the Institute’s dedicated TCM Acupuncture clinic. Candidates are able to attend the Naturopathic Clinic to observe basic Acupuncture consultations following completion of their first Acupuncture unit (ACU118) start to take basic Acupuncture consultations following completion of their second Acupuncture unit (ACU218). 

Once candidates have completed their third Acupuncture unit (ACU318) they are able to attend the dedicated TCM Acupuncture clinic and commence their TCM Acupuncture training. 

Supervised clinical training can also be arranged at the Open University of Complementary Medicine Clinic, South General Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka or Nanjing University Teaching Hospitals, China.  

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Completion of the first two Acupuncture units (ACU118 & ACU218) together with the completion of 100 supervised clinical Acupuncture hours, leads to the Certificate in Fundamentals of Clinical Acupuncture.