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32200.02 – Acupuncturists

Acupuncturists are practitioners of natural healing who provide an alternative form of health care to patients.

Overview

Example job titles

  • Acupuncturist
  • Doctor of acupuncture
  • Registered acupuncturist

Core competencies

  • Social Perceptiveness to empathize with their patients' emotional states, concerns and non-verbal cues to answer questions and concerns regarding procedures
  • Oral Communication: Active Listening to gather comprehensive information about patient health issues, symptoms and medical history
  • Finger Dexterity to precisely place and work with acupuncture equipment to treat disorders
  • Problem Identification and Deductive Reasoning to identify areas patients' experience pain to determine the appropriate muscle groups to target acupuncture treatment to release natural painkillers
  • Attention to Detail to document and update patient files to track treatment and healing progress
  • Knowledge in Biology to correlate traditional Chinese medicine concepts with Western medical understanding, assess patients' health conditions and apply acupuncture techniques effectively

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

  • Diagnose symptoms, imbalances, physiological disorders and injuries of patients according to Chinese medicine traditions
  • Educate patients on risks and benefits of treatments
  • Develop and implement treatment plans including acupuncture, acupressure, moxibustion, cupping, scraping or electrical current
  • Evaluate and document patients' progress
  • May provide dietary and lifestyle advice including information on life therapies such as energy control therapy (Qi Gong)
  • May develop treatment plans in collaboration with other health care professionals.

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Similar occupations classified elsewhere

Exclusions:

  • Chiropractors (31201)
  • Doctors of naturopathics medicine (31209.03)
  • Doctors of osteopathic medicine (31209.04)
  • Massage therapists (32201)
  • Midwives (31303.02)
  • Other professional occupations in health diagnosing and treating (31209)
  • Physiotherapists (31202)

NOC hierarchy breakdown

NOC version

NOC 2021 Version 1.0

Broad occupational category

3 – Health occupations

TEER

2 – Occupations usually require a college diploma or apprenticeship training of two or more years; or supervisory occupations

Major group

32 – Technical occupations in health

Sub-major group

322 – Practitioners of natural healing

Minor group

3220 – Practitioners of natural healing

Unit group

32200 – Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and acupuncturists

Occupational profile

32200.02 – Acupuncturists

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