200-Hour Chiropractic-Acupuncture Certification Program Add Acupuncture to Your Practice in Virginia - North Carolina - West Virginia

In the above states, DCs need 200 hours of chiropractic acupuncture training by a CCE-accredited organization to perform acupuncture.

This Program Provides All the Training Chiropractors Need Via: 1. 100 Hours of Live-Classroom Learning, including 50 Hours of Clinical Training, and 2. 100 Hours of Online Learning

Complete the Live Classroom Portion in Just Four 3-Day Weekends in 2019: 1. March 29-31

Individual 2. April 12-14 ALREADY HAVE Weekends 3. May 31-June 2 100 HOURS? Also 4. June 28-30 Take Just the Classroom Available! Modules to Complete What You Need! Roanoke, VA Presented by: CEUs Sponsored by & National University of Health Sciences

Expand what you can do for your patients and your practice. Don’t miss this ideal opportunity to get the training you need to perform acupuncture -- from the best Expires Feb. 28 instructors around. for Full Program What You Need In Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina, DCs need 200 hours of chiropractic acupuncture training by a CCE-accredited organization to perform acupuncture. This fully integrated program gives you high quality training by respected instructors in a format that optimizes learning. In one of those states but don’t need all 200 hours? Take just the classroom modules to fulfill the requirements.

100 Classroom Hours 100 Online Hours In-Person Class Outline

The Unified VCA and Acupractice The “Chiropractic-Acupuncture Certifica- Weekend 1 Seminars have teamed up to provide tion Program“ through ChiroCredit. Acupuncture: The Clinical 100 hours of in-person instruction over com has been specifically designed to Fundamentals four weekends. dovetail with the Acupractice/UVCA in- Introduction: Acupuncture, Dry Need- classroom hours. ling, Legal, Practical & Clinic Setup Dates Considerations. 1. March 29-31 Note: If you have already earned 100 Theory: Yin & Yang , 8 Principles, 2. April 12-14 accredited hours elsewhere, you can Substances, 5 Elements, 3. May 31-June 2 skip this online portion and combine ChronoTherapy, Pathogenic Factors. 4. June 28-30 your existing hours with the Roanoke Meridian & Points: Introduction to Points classroom hours to meet the required and Meridians, 14 Principal Points Schedule 200-hour total. Techniques: Introduction to Needles & Friday: 8:30am-5:00pm Tools, Clean Needle Technique. Saturday: 8:30am-5:00pm Dates & Schedule Microsystems: Auricular Therapy. Sunday: 8:30am-5:00pm On Demand. Although not mandatory, we recommend that you complete the Weekend 2 Location & Lodging online portion prior to the face-to-face Acupuncture: Treating Meridians The classes will be held at Hyatt Place, classes. Quiz: Weekend #1’s material (25 pts). 5040 Valley View Blvd., NW, Roanoke, Theory: Organs, Tongue & Pulse Virginia 24012, in the Valley View Mall Registration Diagnosis. circle, 2 miles to the Roanoke Blacksburg Through ChiroCredit.com. Call UVCA Meridian & Points: Du Meridian, Yang & Regional Airport and 4 miles to Amtrak. office for UVCA member discount. See Sinew Meridians. box on page 3. A special rate of $99 + taxes is available on rooms reserved at least 30 days in advance of each weekend. Call the Hyatt Place Roanoke at 540-366-4700 and ask for the “Unified Virginia Chiropractic Association” group block.

Registration Through the UVCA. See box on page 3.

Supplies Materials are required. Two options: 1. Order and purchase them along with your registration through the UVCA. They will be drop-shipped to you in advance. 2. Request a list of the necessary supplies from the UVCA office and purchase them in advance on your own.

Outline on page 3. Techniques: Treatment of Pain. Microsystems: Yamamoto’s New Scalp REGISTRATION OPTIONS No Acupuncture. On-Site 100 In-Classroom Hours Registration. Weekend 3 Acupuncture: Register through the UVCA (www.virginiachiropractic.org, click Quiz: Weekend #2’s material (25 pts). on Calendar) Theory: Theoretical Principles Review, Register/Pay Register/Pay Internal Medicine - Resp, Digest, GU. By Feb. 28 March 1-25 Meridian & Points: Ren Meridian, Yin Meridians, Point Categories & UVCA or NCCA Member $2500 $2800 Combinations. Non Member $3050 $3350 Techniques: Moxibustion/Heat Therapy, *** During UVCA registration, order required supplies Electro-acupuncture, Laser-acupuncture Microsystems: Hand, Neuro- Register/Pay Register/Pay Acupuncture aka Chinese Scalp By Feb. 28 March 1-25 Acupuncture. UVCA or NCCA Member $150 $175 Weekend 4 Non Member $165 $190 Acupuncture: OR request supplies list and purchase supplies on your own Theory: National Board Preparation, Women’s Health Concerns. 100 Online Hours Meridian & Points: 8 Extraordinary Meridians, Ordinary Points for Register through ChiroCredit.com (https://www.chirocredit. Extraordinary Results. com/course/Chiropractic_Doctor/Acupuncture_400_-_461) Techniques: The Ventresca Method of Myofascial Stress Pattern Release. UVCA or NCCA Member $1404 Microsystems: Chemical Dependency, Non Member $1560 Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue. Manipulation aka Cupping and GuaSha. Don’t Need All 100 In-Classroom Hours? Comprehensive Exam (50 pts). Individual In-Person Weekends (25 Hours Each) Register through the UVCA (www.virginiachiropractic.org, click on Calendar) Register/Pay Register/Pay Instructor By Feb. 28 March 1-25 UVCA or NCCA Member $775 $850 The UVCA knows from experience that Non Member $850 $975 Acupractice Seminars has assembled an experienced, gifted faculty who know puncturists licensed in the state of Treatment Center. He worked within what you need to know -- and how to Massachusetts, and holds licensure as the criminal justice system in New teach it. a Doctor of Oriental Medicine in New Mexico to establish an Acupuncture- Mexico. Based Substance Your primary instructor for the four in- Abuse Treatment person weekends is Jim Ventresca, In addition to practicing in busy clinical Program. Dr. Jim Doctor of Oriental Medicine and Licensed settings and teaching Acupuncture and is the Principal Acupuncturist. Dr. Jim has been a Oriental medicine for over 30 years, Dr. of AcuPractice dynamic and engaging acupuncture Jim was the Academic Dean for Southwest Seminars and a teacher since 1986. A 1984 Acupuncture College Full Professor of graduate and past faculty and an Instructor Acupuncture and member of the New England for the International Oriental Medicine. School of Acupuncture and Academy of Medical Southwest Acupuncture Col- Acupuncture. He lege, Dr. Jim earned the held the position of Questions? terminal degree in Oriental Medical Director for Medicine from Southwest Integrative Medicine Registration Acupuncture College. He was at Health South Call the UVCA office at 540-932-3100. in the first cadre of Board- Rehabilitation Hospital Certified Diplomates of in Albuquerque and Program Content Acupuncture in the United is a co-founder of a Call Acupractice Seminars at 802-456- States, among the first acu- publicly funded AIDS 0065.