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INS2 - Integrated Needling Seminar 2: Lower Extremity Lab
Integrated Needling is a 200-hour course of study, divided into online modules, self-study, and in-person practical labs, designed to provide students with the requisite background knowledge and practical skills to effectively provide acupuncture as an adjunctive therapy.
Prerequisites
- Certified healthcare provider whose designation allows for the use of acupuncture/dry needling.
Objectives
The course aims at achieving skills in integrating dry needling as a treatment method for patients with pain in clinical practice.
Knowledge and Understanding
- Explain origin and modulation of pain from a physiological perspective
- Describe how medical acupuncture modulates the nervous system and influences physiological processes
- Describe and explain dosage, indications and contraindications, risks, legal aspects and keeping medical records as well as critically describe and review treatment principles from a physiological perspective
Skills and Abilities
- Classify a given pain condition and explain the choice based on knowledge in pain physiology and known clinical findings and be able to apply principles of pain measurement and pain rating
- Independently plan, carry out and evaluate treatment with manual acupuncture/electroacupuncture in patients with different pain conditions
Judgement and Approach
- Reflect on patient's variables that can influence the pain experience, the planning and the implementation of the acupuncture treatment such as the effect physiological and psychological factors
- Reflect and evaluate design and performance analysis in scientific articles in the area of acupuncture
To learn more about the course and register, visit the website HERE