traditional chinese medicine therapisttoacupuncturist
A traditional chinese medicine therapist already meets 56% of what the acupuncturist role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.
56%
55.5/ 100
1 Share of the acupuncturist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the traditional chinese medicine therapist profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A acupuncturist role treats 20 of its required skills as things a traditional chinese medicine therapist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- acupuncture methods
- apply acupuncture
- apply context specific clinical competences
- biomedicine
- complementary and alternative medicine
- develop therapeutic relationships
What stands in the way is 13 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 27 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A acupuncturist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a traditional chinese medicine therapist background worth leading with.
- already held biomedicine natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held pathologies treated by acupuncture health and welfare
- already held select acupuncture points assisting and caring
- already held traditional Chinese medicine health and welfare
- already held auriculotherapy health and welfare
- already held develop long-term treatment course for disorders in the glandular system assisting and caring
All 27 carried skills, including the 20 the acupuncturist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 27 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held accept own accountability required
- required, not held advise on healthcare users' informed consent required
- required, not held advise on mental health required
- required, not held work in multidisciplinary health teams required
- required, not held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship required
- required, not held interact with healthcare users required
- optional, not held offer advice on diet-related concerns optional
- optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional
- optional, not held work in a multicultural environment in health care optional
- required, not held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice required
- required, not held comply with legislation related to health care required
- required, not held follow clinical guidelines required
- optional, not held conduct cupping therapy optional
- optional, not held promote inclusion optional
- required, not held obtain healthcare user's medical status information required
- required, not held undertake healthcare examination required
- required, not held manage healthcare users' data required
- optional, not held process medical insurance claims optional
- optional, not held record healthcare users' billing information optional
- required, not held health care legislation required
- optional, not held administrative tasks in a medical environment optional
- optional, not held dietetics optional
- optional, not held electrical stimulation in acupuncture optional
- optional, not held multi-professional cooperation in health care optional
- optional, not held tai chi optional
- optional, not held therapeutic massage optional
- optional, not held use e-health and mobile health technologies optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a acupuncturist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 accept own accountability skill · sector specific
- 02 advise on healthcare users' informed consent skill · sector specific
- 03 advise on mental health skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 27 skills that carry over
- already held acupuncture methods knowledge
- already held apply acupuncture skill
- already held apply context specific clinical competences skill
- already held biomedicine knowledge
- already held complementary and alternative medicine knowledge
- already held develop therapeutic relationships skill
- already held empathise with the healthcare user skill
- already held ensure safety of healthcare users skill
- already held follow-up on healthcare users' treatment skill
- already held human anatomy knowledge
- already held human physiology knowledge
- already held identify customer's needs skill
- already held listen actively skill
- already held maintain work area cleanliness skill
- already held observe healthcare users skill
- already held pathologies treated by acupuncture knowledge
- already held provide health education skill
- already held select acupuncture points skill
- already held sterilization techniques knowledge
- already held traditional Chinese medicine knowledge
- already held apply massage therapy skill
- already held auriculotherapy knowledge
- already held carry out preventative internal medicine interventions skill
- already held develop long-term treatment course for disorders in the glandular system skill
- already held general medicine knowledge
- already held phytotherapy knowledge
- already held refer healthcare users skill
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held administrative tasks in a medical environment optional
- optional, not held conduct cupping therapy optional
- optional, not held dietetics optional
- optional, not held electrical stimulation in acupuncture optional
- optional, not held multi-professional cooperation in health care optional
- optional, not held tai chi optional
- optional, not held use e-health and mobile health technologies optional
- optional, not held offer advice on diet-related concerns optional
- optional, not held process medical insurance claims optional
- optional, not held promote inclusion optional
- optional, not held record healthcare users' billing information optional
- optional, not held therapeutic massage optional
- optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional
- optional, not held work in a multicultural environment in health care optional
11 held skills the acupuncturist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role address side effects of menopause skill
- not needed by the target role advise on healthy lifestyles skill
- not needed by the target role composition of diets knowledge
- not needed by the target role counsel healthcare users on medicines skill
- not needed by the target role educate on the prevention of illness skill
- not needed by the target role monitor patient's health condition skill
- not needed by the target role monitor patients' progress related to treatment skill
- not needed by the target role pathology knowledge
- not needed by the target role pharmacology knowledge
- not needed by the target role promote mental health skill
- not needed by the target role relaxation techniques knowledge
7 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held health care legislation required
- optional, not held administrative tasks in a medical environment optional
- optional, not held dietetics optional
- optional, not held electrical stimulation in acupuncture optional
- optional, not held multi-professional cooperation in health care optional
- optional, not held tai chi optional
- optional, not held therapeutic massage optional
Other moves recorded from traditional chinese medicine therapist
- shiatsu practitioner 63% covered · moderate
- sophrologist 50% covered · substantial
- herbal therapist 50% covered · substantial
- aromatherapist 44% covered · substantial
Full index of moves from traditional chinese medicine therapist
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.