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Why you should care about your Doctor’s Continuing Education

Listen, graduate medical education is serious business. After completing medical school, passing boards, and finishing residency or other post-grad education requirements to start a medical career, it’s easy to succumb to the temptation to sit on one’s laurels and breathe a sigh of relief to “never have to take that class again.” Legally, medical providersContinue reading “Why you should care about your Doctor’s Continuing Education”

Is My Doctor Even Listening to Me?

Has this ever happened to you?  You’re sitting at the doctors office and everyone is buzzing around you, barely making eye contact. The nicest person you interact with is the Medical Assistant who takes vitals and then tells you the doctor will be in shortly. The doctor eventually walks in, sits down at a keyboardContinue reading “Is My Doctor Even Listening to Me?”

What Can Licensed Acupuncturists Do (in California)?

The state of California has deemed Licensed Acupuncturists Primary Care Providers. This means that you can see a Licensed Acupuncturist (L.Ac.) without a referral from an MD or other provider. This is great news because it means you can find the right Acupuncturist for you and you are not limited to your Doctor or HealthContinue reading “What Can Licensed Acupuncturists Do (in California)?”

What to Expect during your visit – Part 2 the Follow-Up Visit

Once I’ve had an Initial Visit with a patient (see this post for more information about Initial Visits), then we move to Follow-Up visits on an agreed-upon cadence that the patient has autonomy and control over. What I love about Follow-Up visits is that they allow for deeper exploration and treatment for the chief concernContinue reading “What to Expect during your visit – Part 2 the Follow-Up Visit”

What to expect during your visit – Part 1 the Initial Visit

Every patient relationship starts with an Initial Visit. These appointments are approximately 75 minutes, which is longer than Follow-Up visits, and allow for full discussion of the patient’s primary concern as well as exploring their overall health and constitution. One of the things I love most about practicing Integrative East Asian Medicine is that IContinue reading “What to expect during your visit – Part 1 the Initial Visit”