Why You Should Join Your State Association
your state association is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!!
Hey AcuSprouts! Are you feeling a little lost in all of the legal jazz your state is offering up? Trying to figure out what hoops to jump through and in what order? Not really sure where to find some help?
Did you know that your state association might have the answers you need? They may even have a detailed explanation or road map for you to follow. And even if they don’t, the ASA has mentors to help you!! Don’t know who the ASA is? Listen in to get the 411, then go join your state association. Maybe even volunteer! Networking the inside is often riddled with surprising gems and opportunities.
today’s guest
BETH HOWLETT DAOM, LAC.
Dr. Beth Howlett, DAOM, LAc, is the Vice President of Communications and Academic Services and adjunct faculty at Oregon College of Oriental Medicine (OCOM). She began her study of things Chinese in 1994 at Bryn Mawr College, enticed by the prospect of learning a language with no verb tenses. After graduation she was selected to participate in Princeton-in-Asia’s teaching fellowship program in Ningbo, China. Upon returning to the USA, Beth deepened her study of Chinese language and culture by pursuing a MAcOM and a DAOM at OCOM. Since 2008, Beth has returned to China numerous times to facilitate clinical education at the Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine (NJUCM). Her passion for the medicine and translating source texts has also led her to help facilitate an ongoing relationship between OCOM and the Kam Wah Chung Co. museum in John Day, Oregon, culminating in the creation of a publicly searchable database of the medicinal materials catalogued at the site. In addition to leadership and teaching roles in the field of Chinese Medicine, Dr. Howlett also serves as the Education Working Group Co-Chair for the Academic Collaborative for Integrative Health (ACIH) and the Board Chair for the Oregon Collaborative for Integrative Medicine (OCIM).
FIND HER HERE:
email: bhowlett@ocom.edu
YouTube: Kam Wah Chung I
you’ll learn
How Oregon’s University level healthcare programs are championing collaborative systems that other states and organizations can learn from.
How we keep students linked to their state associations from graduation to start up.
This can happen at the school level by providing educational resources to students about what state associations have to offer.
At the state level, welcome emails or letters to new practitioners may be a helpful entry point.
Schools could host special events on campus around graduation time to onboard the new practitioners and create personal bonds.
At the ASA level states could be educated on how to create meaningful packets on how to get your business started.
States need to provide help where information is based on the specificity of the state.
Part of the bridge program could be on having a granular herbal medicinary and prescribing.
The Acupuncture Society of Acupuncturists has a mentorship program! The committee chair is Christine Cronin.
Listen in as Beth gives her top 4 things Acupuncturists do that could bite you in the ass later. (My words, not hers…)
resources
National Practitioner Survey: Attitudes and Practices Around Herb Sourcing: LINK
Oregon Association of Acupuncturists: (OAA): LINK Facebook: LINK
Oregon Collaborative for Integrative Medicine (OCIM): LINK
OCOM/Kam Wah Chung Medical Collection Database: LINK
More about Kam Wah Chung: LINK
American Society of Acupuncturists (ASA): LINK
American Society of Acupuncturists State Association list: LINK
what to do now…
Join your State Association and maybe even volunteer!! You can forge some pretty helpful relationships this way.
Be sure to participate in the National Practitioner Survey.
Please tell a new Acupuncturist or student about this episode!!! Spread the love, people!
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