Acupuncturist
Code 2230.2.1
Acupuncturists make use of thin needles and insert them into acupuncture points in the body in order to restore the imbalances of the human body and overall good health. Acupuncturists focus on energy meridians to treat various conditions.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- human anatomy
- biomedicine
- human physiology
- health care legislation
- complementary and alternative medicine
- acupuncture methods
- pathologies treated by acupuncture
- sterilization techniques
Skills and competences
- apply context specific clinical competences
- accept own accountability
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- empathise with the healthcare user
- develop therapeutic relationships
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- manage healthcare users' data
- identify customer's needs
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- maintain work area cleanliness
- observe healthcare users
- obtain healthcare user's medical status information
- listen actively
- undertake healthcare examination
- interact with healthcare users
- follow clinical guidelines
- select acupuncture points
- apply acupuncture
Transversal competences
- advise on mental health
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- provide health education
- follow-up on healthcare users' treatment
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
Languages
- traditional Chinese medicine
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences