OM6836 AOM Clinic 16
Clinical training progresses through 14 clinical rotations for MSA students or 16 clinical rotations for MSAOM students. Internship starts in the spring quarter of the second year of the program and continues through the remainder of the program. Training occurs at Bastyr Center for Natural Health as well as off-site facilities including hospitals and community clinics that serve special care and seriously ill patients. Under the supervision of faculty who are licensed acupuncturists, students apply Eastern and Western diagnostic and treatment procedures in evaluating and clinically treating patients. Case management includes formation of a working diagnosis, treatment planning, continuity of care, referral, collaboration with other health care providers, follow-up care, final review and functional outcome measurements. An increasing level of independence is expected of student clinicians as they approach graduation. During the first six clinic shifts students are closely supervised by clinical faculty who are involved in every aspect of contact with the patient. During the second six clinic shifts, supervisors have a growing expectation for students to complete the intake, diagnosis and treatment plan for the patient, while the supervisors continue to observe all treatment modalities. Thereafter, while the supervisor is still present, the students are expected to become more independent as they prepare to graduate. All students are assessed through supervisor evaluations and clinical competencies performed by the student clinician throughout the clinical experience. MSAOM students, after having finished the Materia Medica and Herb Formula series, consider and or prescribe, for every patient, Chinese herbal formulas in prepared medicine forms. Note: to graduate all AEAM students must complete 300 separate patient treatments over a minimum of one academic year.