FWD: Nearing completion of studies.....

[Guest guest]

mei zhang <z_xiao_mei

Fri Sep 12, 2003 4:55pm

 

 

 

Hello - I'm writing on behalf of my friend Xiaomei, who is two weeks away

from completing a 4 year TCM course at the University of Technology in

Sydney,Australia. I've taken the liberty of signing her up for this group - she

is fairly non-computer savvy and I'm trying to convince her of the value in

using the net to further her knowledge of TCM, and in meeting other

practitioners online who may be able to pass on some useful information. I

hope I'm not out of line here in writing on her behalf - she is studying really

hard right now (as well as working full time ) and does'nt have a lot of time to

spend on the net just now. Anyway, I'm hoping some of you may be able to

join me in congratulating Mei - and maybe offer some encouragement and

words of advice as far as starting a TCM practice etc?

Thanking you in advance ~ Philip Regan

[Guest guest]

Dear Xiaomei and Philip,

 

 

First let me congratulations Xiaomei on completing her first formal

course...

 

From an impression via the internet the courses in Australia seams very

good...

So in due time it will be very interesting to here any comments from here

and others...from the land of oz...

 

As for practice:

 

create a good net work of practitioners of all sorts of medical paradigms

i.e. Western doctors nurses and Eastern medicine meditation practitioners

Chinese doctors and so forth. She will probably find that once in a while

her patients will benefit from a second opinion from trustworthy people.

Also find people whom she can ask anything with regard to Chinese medicine

with out fare snobbery on the receivers end...

 

Contemplate different styles and streams of Chinese medicine whilst focusing

first on what she learnt at University...

 

continue buying books if she can at a fairly regular interval and workshops

and conference at a fairly regular interval if she can...

 

Maybe combine a privet practice with some volunteering for a short period in

some project where she can she " a fairly similar group of people and

imbalances) e.g. migraine project or crack project or...

 

Better still look for paid work within a " public " health setting (maybe not

full time)...

 

Take good case histories!!!!

 

I am still developing how to take good case histories.

 

In my opinion practice qi gong or something similar...

 

In the privet practice IMO do not " specialise " to soon try to get something

of a global experience that way you might find out where your affinity with

Chinese medicine and patients lean towards...

 

NEVER TREAT SOMEONE YOU FIND YOUR SELF UNCOMFORTABLE WITH OR SOMEONE WHOM

ACTUALLY IS DOING A RELATIVE A FAVOUR BY COMING TO SEE YOU.

 

I think that Bob Flaws has a web based course how to make money and it might

be of interest for you...

 

These things are just my opinions and I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST FOR NOW AND

THE FUTURE...

 

Marco Bergh

 

Ps. if you need a holiday (which might be difficult to embark on once

overwhelm with patients) Guatemala really is the place to visit:-)

 

Pss. if you speak Chinese great if not learn it and or another Asin language

with regard to Chinese medicine the demand is increasing...