Traditional Chinese Medical College of Hawaii

http://www.tcmch.edu
65-1206 Mamalahoa Hwy Bldg 3, Kamuela, Hawaii 96743

The mission of the Traditional Chinese Medical College of Hawaii contains several tenets, including: To educate practitioners of Oriental medicine who can effectively disgnose and appropriately and safely treat in their modality and within the scope of their license. Toensure that these practitioners are professionals who have a thorough grounding in both Oriental and Western medical science and philosophy, and can communicate and interact effectively with providers of various modes of Western health care. To give students a balanced practical and theoretical training that emphasizes both acupuncture and traditional Chinese herbal therapy -- training that will enable them, upon graduation, ...show more »to set up and run successful Oriental medical clinics. To maintain a teaching clinic where student interns gain the clinical experience required to establish an independent professional practice, a clinic that provides economical, high-quality health care services to the community. To train students to be healers, not just practitioners treating symptoms. «show less