The British Medical Acupuncture Society

The following comments are selected from mostly anonymous feedback from the Foundation Course:

I was on the foundation course back in June, which I thoroughly enjoyed… I think the quality of the course (online, in person, and the notes) is absolutely outstanding, and I am very much enjoying working my way through the rest of the foundation modules!

Online FC with London Practical June 2022

Fantastic course. Great that you can look back over the programme. I would highly recommend the online course.

Fantastic course. Great that you can look back over the programme. I would highly recommend the online course.

I really liked having the lectures online rather than over a weekend. Learning over a period of time suits me much more than cramming into a weekend. The practical weekend was excellent so all in all I would definitely recommend this course.

Thank you for creating the online course. I find it very helpful to learn at my own pace. I like the fact that I can re-watch the videos to refresh my memory.

I feel that doing the online lectures at my own pace allowed me to get more out of the course.

Really enjoyable course, both online and practical elements. Good link to how to use it in our practices and for specific conditions. All points clearly explained and went into practical with a good idea of what we were going to do.

Online FC July 2020–21

Amazing course – such inspiring lecturers – loved it all.
A lot of information in a short space of time but well delivered and punctuated with practical application.
Excellent delivery, highly informative and enjoyable.

Dublin July 2019

Very good balance of practical and theoretical sessions.
Good idea to rotate trainers to see different techniques.
Feel prepared to start practicing after course.

London April 2019

Very pleased I have attended.
It was very useful in that I’ve learnt something that I knew nothing about.
Really useful to my practice as a GP and I hope to start using acupuncture straight away.
Very informative, new skills. Enjoyable teaching styles.

Northwich February 2019

Very good presenters and presentations. Very professionally put together.

London September 2018

 

Northwich May 2018

Thanks for a very well run course, with time used efficiently. Materials excellent.

 

I found the teaching clear, well structured, researched and paced. The resources are well prepared and I look forward to looking at them properly.

Really enjoyable, can’t wait for more and to start using my skills.

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Much easier and less daunting than I thought. Excellent to experience acupuncture – makes you less hesitant about performing it.
 

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This was an awesome practical course.

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A very good introduction. I like the mixed specialties and the evidence mixed with the case histories. Thanks!
Overall fantastic course!
Thanks so much!

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Absolutely brilliant course, my confidence grew hugely, excellent quality materials, very well presented.
Really enjoyed the weekends and the gap between the two gave me time to practice and build some confidence.
Excellent weekend, I thoroughly enjoyed the practical learning along with the theoretical information that underpinned it.
Best course I’ve been on for a long time.
Very good, I'm already trained in traditional acupuncture, but different methods, thoughts and techniques very useful.
Most productive postgraduate training I have ever done in over 10 years in practice.

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It was fabulous.
Really interesting weekend – different way of approaching patients to what I am used to.

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Teaching marvellous, brilliant resources, folder, website, etc.
Great venue, lovely property.

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Very useful, an eye-opener into another aspect of medicine I wish I had understood sooner.

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Brilliant weekend and excellent teaching, feeling confident to incorporate into my practice.

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This really is the best CPD/training course I have been on in a number of years in practice, well organised, informative, and crucially lots of hands on practice.

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The best-organised CPD course I have done.

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I found the dynamic approach to teaching valuable, hands on demonstrations and practical tips over and above the basics.
I was very impressed this weekend as I made some suggestions to make the students more comfortable and found these suggestions had been acted on.

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Good depth and spread of knowledge delivered with enthusiasm and passion.

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Really well run, excellent combination of practical and theory, ideally targeted for beginners.
I would like to emphasise that this was a most enjoyable, well run and educational course, my grateful thanks, you were all very patient.
Very well organised, excellent team of speakers, Enjoyed a lot will recommend to colleagues.

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Thank you so much for an interesting, entertaining and inspiring course, very well presented by an enthusiastic and knowledgeable team, I can not wait to get started.

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Extremely well run, very interesting, great amount of hands on experience, lecturers excellent.
Enjoyable and not as scary as I thought it would be!

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It was very inspiring to see how much intelligent thought and consideration had gone into the advice and teaching we were given, a fantastic course thanks so much.

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The course leaders have a tremendous level of knowledge to tap into.

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Loved working in small groups and good idea to change tutor around.
Very enjoyable course made better by superbly experienced and approachable tutors, thank you.

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Having filled out pre-course my learning objectives, I have fulfilled all of them, very pleased.
I will strongly recommend this course to others. Good teaching and good demonstration.

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Very nice food. Thank you to all the tutors, this course has been really enjoyable and far exceeded my expectations.

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Personally, I appreciate the importance of discussing the efficiency of acupuncture but I feel there was too much emphasis on research evidence.

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Practical, enjoyable and informative.
Small group work and approachable tutors made the course very engaging and useful.

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Great course – very enjoyable as the instructors really knew their stuff. Great food too!

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Thank you for a great learning experience.

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Once I got over the fear, and feeling out of my depth, I can honestly say I enjoyed it.
Genuinely fantastic.

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Fantastic course, I'm feeling really enthusiastic about acupuncture and needling in future. Thank you so much.

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Great course, very enjoyable, all teachers fun and knowledgable and very approachable.
Lovely people on course, a big thank you, I would thoroughly recommend it.

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Completely relevant and at the right level. Very interesting, interactive, practical and fun.
Well structured and not too pressured, good mix of practicals.
Informative, dynamic, enthusiastic, friendly, supportive and entertaining.

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Great fun, intellectually challenging, I really enjoyed working with different health professionals.

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Very thorough tuition, well organised and lots of information, many thanks.

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Great course, enjoyed all the practical experience with knowledgeable tutors.

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Fast pace and informative. Very intense from a nursing perspective, but that would not put me off recommending the course to colleagues.

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A well run and well organised course, very interesting and enjoyable, thank you.

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The course was thoroughly enjoyable. The views of the course leader were pragmatic, which helps in clearing the overall “slurring” that surrounds acupuncture.