Admission to first year: A student who has qualified the 12th grade of Maharashtra state of higher secondary board with any stream will be allowed to appear for the selection process conducted by council as per their prevalent directives.
Duration of the Diploma in Acupuncture Therapy (D.A.T.) course will be two academic years followed by compulsory 500 hours Internship.
Two years and 500 hours internship (after passing Diploma course).
On completion of the diploma course and completion of internship, a candidate will be conferred a D.A.T. (Diploma in Acupuncture Therapy) certification.
The 'OSLERIAN APPROACH' is a model which is the basis of imparting education to students in the health field and involves the following steps-
Based on the above model, for effective learning, deductions from clinical and didactic experiences, execution of skills, it is mandatory that a student in the field of Acupuncture Therapy should meet the following health pre requisites -
Cognitive and perceptual abilities: Understand, perceive and execute problem solving in all clinical situations using a combination of cognitive and perceptual components.
Visual abilities: Will satisfy normal standards of vision to identify, localize, and demonstrate cognizance of safety measures by visual inspection for appropriate intervention.
Auditory abilities: Will carry out effective and meaningful conversation with the client, care givers and co-professionals; will effectively auscultate and demonstrate ability to hear normal and abnormal sounds from a distance as well with or without aids to deliver appropriate care.
Speech: Will demonstrate ability to clearly articulate and share knowledge, professional values, patient concerns, with peers and other disciplines, to facilitate patient care.
Motor abilities: Will demonstrate adequate loco motor skills towards patient treatment, safety, care and intervention in varied set ups. Demonstrate gross and fine motor abilities to allow use of devices, gadgets, palpate, localize, and manipulate with precision and safety.
Sensory abilities: Will execute all essential sensory intactness to feel, palpate, test and report deficits and apply appropriate intervention.
Co-ordination: Will demonstrate uncompromised fine motor and visual-motor co-ordination and balance abilities to assess and intervene in a variety of therapy settings, with respect to patient and self-safety.
Emotional integrity: Will demonstrate a stable emotional status to interact during therapeutic interactions with clients, peers and professional colleagues, and all involved in patient care.
A Diploma in Acupuncture Therapy, at the end of course will
