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It’s all over!
I just finished my last NCCAOM (National Certificatoin Comission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine) board exam (finally!), and now I wait for my license. It’s a really great feeling to know that I don’t have to study for school any more! Any learning I do now is on my own, and [...]
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Interview with a practitioner: Alysia Anderson, L.Ac, MAcOM, of An Sen Clinic
Alysia Anderson, L.Ac, MAcOM, of An Sen Clinic
1. What brought you to Portland?
School brought me to Portland. In 2002, The Oregon College of Oriental Medicine was listed nationally in the top 3, for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine schools.
2. Why did you decide to become an LAc?
I was working prior to school in Pittsburgh PA, at [...]
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Veterans Assistance in Portland
Memorial Day is an important holiday that seems to be often overlooked. It’s often seen as the time for relaxing or a possible camping trip, but today was meant to remember those who have lost their lives in war. Driving past the cemeteries decorated with US flags today reminded me again what this day is [...]
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Portland Acupuncture Blog- Kevin’s Introduction
Here is the bio of my friend and colleague Kevin Wrathall- another blogger on the Portland Acupuncture website!
Entering my final year of master’s studies, I practice Oriental Medicine as a clinical intern at the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine.
While I grew up with biomedicine in my family (my mother as a professor of neuroscience and [...]
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Getting Started
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My name is Amy Chitwood, and I’m in my second year of the Master’s program at the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine (OCOM) in Portland, Oregon. I taught English in Ulsan, South Korea for three years, which was an incredible experience, and also where I discovered the healing abilities of acupuncture. I had [...]
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