Limited training acupuncturists

[Guest guest]

I was just perusing the current Acupuncture Today newsletter and came

across the apropos article about chiro's trying to make their own

'national board exam' at:

 

http://www.acupuncturetoday.com/archives2004/apr/04minnesota.html

 

Here's an excerpt:

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John Pirog, LAc, offered testimony opposing Dr. Spicer's argument.

" Acupuncture is acupuncture, " he stated, " and the risks are the same,

regardless of whether it is being performed as an independent modality

or as a 'complement to chiropractic adjustment.' " He quoted two studies

from the United Kingdom that showed a higher rate of adverse incidents

among physicians and physiotherapists performing acupuncture as opposed

to services performed by licensed acupuncturists. " If the state of

Minnesota can require 350 hours of training to become a licensed

manicurist, " argued Mr. Pirog, " DCs can certainly afford to spend more

than 100 hours to learn acupuncture. "

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Does anyone know which studies John might be referring to here, or have

any contact info? I think this is very interesting indeed.

 

Geoff

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

OK - should have looked first... but think this will be of interest to

people here on the list. " The mean adverse event rate of nonmedical

practitioners was less than half the mean adverse event rate of medical

practitioners. " Now - there's some interesting mud...

 

http://archfami.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/9/10/1071

 

Geoff

 

 

 

Geoffrey Hudson [geoffhudson]

Thursday, March 18, 2004 5:21 PM

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Limited training acupuncturists

 

 

I was just perusing the current Acupuncture Today newsletter and came

across the apropos article about chiro's trying to make their own

'national board exam' at: