Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists
Job description
These individuals are practitioners of natural treatments in Chinese traditional medicine. Their methods consider all aspects of the person and seek to act not on the symptom, but on the cause. Their treatments provide clients with a complementary method of health care. They have a dual mission as therapists and health educators. They are self-employed or work for:
- Acupuncture, physiotherapy, and chiropractic clinics
- Multidisciplinary health clinics
- Medical clinics
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
Main tasks
Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners
- Assess the symptoms, physiological disorders, and injuries of individuals.
- Treat individuals using various remedies (herbs, food supplements, acupuncture, etc.).
- Prescribe and administer, as required, Chinese manual therapy, energy control therapy, and laser therapy.
- Explain the procedures and risks and advantages of treatments to patients.
- Maintain patient files.
- Collaborate, as required, with other health professionals (Chiropracters, Physicians, etc.) to develop the treatment plan for patients. Acupuncturists
- Assess client symptoms, physiological disorders, and injuries.
- Treat individuals by inserting acupuncture needles or applying other stimulation techniques.
- Combine the use of traditional Chinese medicine with more modern methods (blood pressure measurement, lung auscultation, etc.).
- Determine the appropriate stimulation technique according to the state of health of individuals.
- Apply the stimulation technique to specific acupuncture points.
- Examine the client’s medical history to clarify the prognosis and personalize the procedure.
- Work in collaboration with other health care professionals, as required.
- Refer clients to other professionals in problem cases.
Hourly wage
Not available.Job prospects for 2024-2028
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Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
Non available
All of Québec
Non available
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
900
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 72.3% Female
- 27.7% Male
Not available.
- 72.3% Female
- 27.7% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
$38,400
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- Non traditional for men
- None
All of Québec
- Non traditional for men
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 621, 622, 62394% of jobs
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NAICS 811% of jobs
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NAICS 611% of jobs
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NAICS 531% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 451% of jobs
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Others2% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 621, 622, 62394% of jobs
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NAICS 811% of jobs
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NAICS 611% of jobs
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NAICS 531% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 451% of jobs
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Others2% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
Bachelor’s degree or diploma of college studies
College
Also required
Acupuncturists
- Membership in the Ordre des acupuncteurs du Québec (OAQ [Quebec Order of Acupuncturists]).
- Training in a health-related field or work experience supervised by a licensed acupuncturist.
Sometimes required
Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners
- A diploma in Traditional Chinese Medicine is usually required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Active listening
- Critical thought
- Service oriented
- Social perception
- Oral expression
- Judgment and decision-making
- Reading comprehension
- Result evaluation
- Written expression
- Information processing
- Active learning
- Coordination
- Solving complex problems
Abilities
- Inductive reasoning
- Oral comprehension
- Deductive reasoning
- Awareness of issues
- Near vision
- Digital dexterity
- Speech clarity
- Written comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Speech recognition
- Written expression
- Processing flexibility
- Classification
- Information organization
- Hand-arm stability
- Visualization
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to establish and maintain interpersonal relations
- Critical thinking
- Sense of responsibility
- Knowledge of customer and personalized services
- Versatility
- Capacity to be discrete
- Respect others
- Sense of observation
- Commitment to quality
- Knowledge of medicine or dentistry
Interests
- Self-employment
- Assist and advise
- Assist or care for people
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
Official name of the NOC 32200
Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and acupuncturists
Job titles
Skill type
Health
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