Academics
Classical Chinese Medicine School
An Oriental medicine school offering the Master of Science
in Oriental Medicine and Master of Acupuncture degrees.
ICIM's Classical Chinese Medicine school offers two four-year
programs to train practitioners in Classical Chinese Medicine.
ICIM has one of the few oriental medicine schools offering
a degree in Classical (as opposed to traditional) Chinese
Medicine. Graduates of the Master of Science in Oriental Medicine
(MSOM) program are eligible to apply for acupuncture licensure
in the state of Oregon and to take both the herb and acupuncture
exams administered by the National Certification Commission
for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM), which many
states in the USA use as a basis for licensure.
Students who are concurrently enrolled in the MSOM and ND
programs complete a six-year course of study with coursework
from the ND program being transferable to the MSOM program.
To begin the journey toward your Master of Science in Oriental
Medicine or Master of Acupuncture degree, click here to fill
out our application form. We look forward to reviewing your
application!
Master of Science in Oriental Medicine
Mission
The mission of the MSOM degree program is to educate students
to become health care professionals in the practice of Oriental
medicine as illustrated by the classics. Above all, the program
is intended to impart to its students the holistic spirit
of Oriental medicine.
Specifically, through the MSOM coursework, the program seeks
to accomplish the following:
• Instruct health care practitioners in the art and
science of Chinese medicine.
• Immerse students in the culture of Chinese medicine
by combining emphasis on scholarly erudition and attention
to multi-layered detail with the “atmosphere”
inspiring aspects of holistic life science.
• Cultivate respect for Oriental medicine as an independent
science that has its own parameters and does not require validation
by other scientific systems.
• Honor the philosophical precepts that are shared by
naturopathic medicine and classical Chinese medicine--belief
in the healing power of nature, focus on identifying the root
causes of disease, and treatment of the person as a multifaceted
entity.
• Foster awareness of the historical development of
Oriental medicine, including knowledge of the major schools
of Chinese medical thought.
• Present Oriental medicine as a renaissance-style art
that is embedded in and closely related to other traditional
arts and sciences.
• Educate students to effectively treat disease, especially
chronic and recalcitrant disorders, by training them broadly
and equally in all major modalities of Oriental medicine,
while developing their distinguishing sense for when each
of these modalities should be applied in various clinical
situations.
MSOM Educational Objectives
The program seeks to educate students in the practice of
Oriental medicine as illustrated by the classics and to
share the holistic spirit of Oriental medicine. Specifically
through the MSOM coursework and training graduates will
be able to do the following:
• Diagnose according to the traditional parameters
of Oriental diagnosis.
• Master the theory and practice of the main modalities
of Chinese medicine.
• Acquire a distinguishing sense regarding the clinical
situations under which each of them should be applied.
• Engage in scholarly discourse regarding the nature
and origin of Chinese medicine.
• Work cooperatively with other health care practitioners
for optimal patient care.
