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ABVA Foundation course Henley 2015

29/10/2015 – 27/11/2015

Henley in Arden Centre

Thank you for expressing interest in the new ABVA Foundation Course in veterinary acupuncture for 2015. The ABVA has worked hard to produce a course that offers a solid foundation in the current practice of veterinary acupuncture. The lectures and labs provided will enable you to understand the current thinking in acupuncture physiology, the basic traditional Chinese medical concepts pertaining to acupuncture, and most importantly the clinical applications of this ancient, and yet progressive medicine.

The first three days of the course explores the current physiological understanding of acupuncture. We are very fortunate to have Dr Alex Macdonald as lecturer. He has a wealth of medical acupuncture experience in clinical and experimental conditions and has published extensively on the subject. He is one of the authors in the recommended text, Medical Acupuncture, A Western Scientific Approach. He is joined by Dr Dietrich von Schweinitz, a former President of ABVA, who has over 25 years in acupuncture practice and published acupuncture studies in the equine (in Vet Clin of NA, Acupunc in Med, Eq Vet Educ, & most recently in 7th ed. Robinson’s Current Therapy in Equine Medicine).

The fourth day examines some of the traditional Chinese medical (TCM) concepts in the practice of acupuncture. While significant controversy surrounds the accuracy of translations of the TCM sources and the merits of employing ancient paradigms of TCM, there is, however, recognition of the profound observational skills of the ancient Chinese medical thinkers and their thoroughly holistic view of health that merits study and provides treatment strategies that have “stood the test of time”. We are fortunate to have Dr. Linda Boggie, Past President of IVAS and international lecturer in traditional Chinese veterinary acupuncture.

There will be 2-3 hours per day given to labs using delegates, dogs, and horses for acupoint finding and palpation exercises. Delegates may bring a dog to the course for acupuncture if it is appropriate and after prior notification in registration; and there may be animals presented at the venues for acupuncture demonstrations.

We welcome you to the ABVA and our course. The course is “full on” in content and you will need to prepare for the course by obtaining the required text, Veterinary Acupuncture, Ancient Art to Modern Medicine (ed. Schoen) and at least reading Chapters 1-3. This book contains very useful acupuncture charts and information for all the common animal species. There is a lot to learn – but it’s worth it!

D G von Schweinitz

 

Early Bird rate of £1,000 is only available until 17 September 2015. If full payment is not received by this date the standard cost of £1,200 applies.

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