Certification

Types of Certification

Listed below are a few ways to receive certification.  

• Certificate of Attendance
  • Anyone can attend a class except those courses that require a prerequisite.
  • There is always a certificate of attendance available to say you were there
  • These Certificates are required for those that wish to receive professional certification
• Professional Certificates
  • Practitioner
    • Requires attendance to Foundations I through IV
    • These courses can be attended through other schools as individually approved
    • Requires occasional interviews and clinical theater before obtaining
      • this includes 50 hours of documented treatment
    • Course is a total of 200 hours for completion
    • This generally takes one year to complete
  • Therapist
    • Requires Practitioner Certification for Completion
    • Must Attend Therapist Courses I through IV
    • Sixty additional Hours of Treatment
    • TCM Theory Class (if never taken)
    • Anatomy and Physiology (at least Anatomy I before class end)
    • This is an additional 200 Hours 
    • This is typically one year post practitioner
  • Master
    • Requires completion of Practitioner and Therapist Certifications for Completion and Certification
    • Must have a minimum of Five Courses from the Advanced Class Lists for certification
    • Anatomy II or higher classes completed by this stage
    • At least one course must be an oncology I
    • It is recommended to take a entry biochemistry class as well, though not required
    • This course will represent a minimum of accumulated 1000 hours
      • with clinical theater and 500 additional treatment hours 
    • This takes approximately one year to complete post Therapist
  • Doctor
    • This requires a Doctoral Thesis 
    • Completion of Practitioner through Master Training
    • Also required are Five additional courses from the list of advanced classes
    • There are an additional 500 clinical hours required 
    • This certification also has requirements to assist with being a teachers assistant 
    • To maintain this  certification as active, additional educational units may be required
    • Can be a minimum of One Year Post Master