Sticking Together, February 2020
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POCA Auricular Acu-Technician Training | | Tucson Acupuncture Co-op (TACO) just hosted the third-ever POCA Auricular Acu-Technician Training as a four-day immersive event and it was awesome! Ellen Vincent, Cate Maxon, and C Cotter trained 16 non-acupuncturists to use the 5 Needle Protocol (5NP) for substance use disorders and trauma. In Arizona, POCA AATs who have completed all of their training requirements can apply for an Auricular Acupuncture Certificate in order to practice under the general supervision of an L.Ac. in an approved Chemical Dependency Program (CDP). (Backyard Healthcare Project, the nonprofit behind TACO, is an approved CDP). The trainees are planning on using this tool in healthcare practices, community work, and support groups after they have their certificates in hand and have found a supervising acupuncturist/CDP. Cate and C are in training to be POCA AAT Trainers themselves and we will likely be planning another training in Tucson within the next six months!
You can stay up-to-date and read more about the POCA AAT Trainings & process at https://www.pocacoop.com/ears. | | Online NCCAOM CEU Certificates | The NCCAOM has changed the process for you to receive CEU completion certificates. They generate them and email them to you; POCA does not.
Certificates from the NCCAOM should be automatically generated as an email at 11 - 11:30 p.m. of the day when a person completes a course (passes the quiz with 100%).
To prevent common problems: when enrolling in the course students must put their license number in the Acupuncture License fields, and the "Report to the NCCAOM" box must be checked.
Haven't received your certificate yet? Check your spam folder.
If it's been more than 24 hours since you passed the course and if it's not in your spam folder, please let us know. Send email to ceu@pocacoop.com.
| | Starting with Cohort 7, POCA Tech tuition will be $6,000/year (up from $5,800) and clinic fees will be $1,000/year (up from $500).
Tuition price increases will apply only to new students. For existing students, tuition remains the same.
Clinic fees apply in years 2 and 3 only.
| | | POCA 2019 Survey Analysis
| We asked, and you answered - 517 members in all!
Data has been crunched. Member input has been read. An analysis is forthcoming.
Keep an eye on the POCA Forums.
A copy of the report should up for everyone to read in the next few days.
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