TCM school
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 I find myself surrounded by amazing books I’ve collected these past three years, and instead of wanting to get rid of them, I can’t wait to start using them in my own practice! It usually takes about 2-3 months for a license to come through (so I’ve been told). In the meantime, I have a lot of small business “stuff” to figure out.
OCOM has a great resource in Jason Stein, LAc, who is the head of the Professional Development Center at OCOM. He recommened that we graduates check out SCORE to get some assistance in starting up a new business, which I recently did. They were incredibly helpful, and gave me everything I needed to start an LLC, as well as answered all of my questions (no matter how strange!). I recommend them to anyone starting a new business. Oh- did I mention it’s free and that you can use their library of resources?
I also wanted to share a fantastic Australian TCM site! Chinese Medicine Adventures has been up since January, but I didn’t discover until today (thanks, Yael!). There are photo essays, a few videos of life in a TCM school in Sydney. For those of you who have graduated, it will be a trip down memory lane. For those of you who are still in, it’s definitely something you will be able to relate to. Check it out when you have time (not in class, of course….)
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Congrats, Amy! and all of your graduating class too - brilliant achievement all of you.
Onwards & upwards!
Congrats Amy and thanks for the mention. :)
So, how’s life now that you’re all done with exams?
Take care,
Yael
Thanks so much to all of you! I will definitely post updates on the ‘long march to the license,’ on the blog. Right now it’s rearranging my life and getting back in touch with family and friends I haven’t seen or had time to see these past 3 years!
take care-
amy
Hello,
Congrats on your achievement there. Very well done :)
Thanks for mentioning my blog too. Was a real boost :)
Can’t wait to hear of your transition to your own practice and your stories about it.
All the best,
Damo