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I have taught the Shen-Hammer system of Pulse diagnosis for the last nine years as an advanced seminar. I must say that the classes that benefit the students the most are the ones taught to practitioners with five or more years of experience. Teaching students or recent graduates has been extremely difficult as they do not have the experience to understand what they do not know. They also do not have the capacity to quickly apply the information. Of course the other issue is that once a student is back in the school clinic, if they do not have a teacher to confirm their findings they quickly become lost.
As far as my own education, I was lucky enough to attend acupuncture school in the early 80's. At that juncture, the in school class time was not enough, but our Chinese teachers were more than willing to offer extra lectures during the weekends and evenings. Where ever there was an educational gap, we could fill it in by going outside of the basic school curriculum. (of course the cost of tuition was much less then than it is now!)
Robbee Fian L.Ac.
On Jul 28, 2007, at 11:04 AM, shadjody@... wrote:
HiI teach at Bastyr University in Seattle. I teach a 2 credit (22 hrs) advanced tongue and pulse diagnosis class as an elective. 3/8 of the class is TCM pulses, 1/4 is Japanese Sho system (Japanese Meriden Therapy), 1/8 is 8 Extra Vessel (based on Will's class/ article form Acupuncture today) and 1/8 is a 3 hr . slide show on tongue diagnosis and of course exams.. About a half of each class is spent in lab setting where myself and a TA go around and check technique. I have taken Will's class but don't feel competent to teach Dr. Hammer's system.About 10 years ago I tried teaching the 1st year class where students learn tongue and pulse. I found all they could do is memorize and learn a few simple pulses. Even a complex discussion of tongues(obviously much simpler than pulses) was beyond them at that level. Tongue and pulse needs to be revisited after students are in clinic and actually working with patients,Shad Reinstein LAc MAc
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