School Of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Mission

The mission of the School of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine is to provide a classroom-based, non-traditional education and training, which will prepare students for the professional practice of Acupuncture and Oriental Herbal Science in the United Sates. Each student will integrate his/her studies to such a degree that he/she becomes a representative of a new system of medicine, created from a combination of Eastern and Western medical practice. The School of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine student is typically a medical professional, a health professional or a serious student of the health sciences. It is hoped each student's curriculum at Yuin University will provide a challenging alternative to his/her previous studies.

School Of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Purpose

Each student in the School of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine will strive to be a highly competent health professional career and /or practice. Thus, it is not only desirable but also necessary that each student seek true excellence, not just adequacy, in the pursuit of his/her education at Yuin University. Also, as Oriental Medicine principles are further understood in the West and the efficacy of these principles are further demonstrated, there will be an increasing demand for professionals competent in these medical principles. Yuin University intends that its graduates will be among the best-trained professionals in Oriental Medicine, today. Each student will endeavor to wed a grasp of the elegant philosophy of Asian medicine with the rigor of scientific analysis and discipline.

The University believes that philosophically based Asian medicine can only benefit by having its tenets tested according to accepted scientific criteria. The University encourages students to base their own philosophical conclusions on observation, experience, experimental evidence, and practical results; that is, to test their philosophy for reality.

In service to the University's belief that health professionals must have a theoretical perspective that guides their practice, each school student is invited to seek an understanding of their learning's that synthesize them into a unified system of thought. Each student will pursue his/her studies through traditional classroom study, seminars, and fieldwork. The nature of the application of this curriculum demands this mode of academic delivery.

Objectives

The course offerings in the Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine School are designed:

• To introduce philosophically-based Asian Medical Science and the Western scientific approach.
• To establish a 3rd system of medicine, a combination of Eastern and Western Medicine.
• To the development of Oriental Medicine & Acupuncture through more recondite academic study in theories and practical application of scholarship.

Introduction to Programs

Yuin University School of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine awards degree on the basis of credit earned by taking classes and labs, and the credit and the degrees are based primarily on mastery of course content through prescribed curricular, required campus residence, and required classes. The School of Oriental Medicine and Acupuncture encompasses both a under graduate program and the graduate program.