The topics covered within the six course programmes are listed below. Each programme is studied at three levels except point location, which is studied at two levels. More than a third of all contact hours are dedicated to clinical observations and clinical practice.

Chinese medicine level 1
History of Chinese medicine
Yin/yang
Five Elements
Colour, sound, emotion and odour
Functions of the Organs/Officials: Lungs, Large Intestine, Stomach, Spleen, Heart, Small Intestine, Bladder, Kidneys, Pericardium, Triple Burner, Gall Bladder and Liver
The Substances: Spirit, qi, jing, Blood and Body Fluids
Internal, external and miscellaneous causes of disease
Eight Principles
Types of points
Diagnosis of mind, body and spirit
Husband-wife imbalance
Aggressive energy
Syndromes of all yin and yang Organs
Combined syndromes

Chinese medicine level 2
Differentiation of common disease patterns from the viewpoint of Chinese medicine, including: lower back pain and musculo-skeletal problems, gynaecology (including premenstrual tension, dysmenhorrheoa, amenorrhoea, infertility, menorrhoea, discharges, late periods, short cycle), diarrhoea and constipation, headaches, post viral syndrome, hypertension, asthma
The jingluo system
Phlegm and Damp
Dietary therapy
The function of points of all the Organs
Seven Dragons
Entry and exit points
Miscellaneous points
Windows of the sky points

Chinese medicine level 3
Differentiation of common disease patterns from the viewpoint of Chinese medicine, including: windstroke, skin disease, epilepsy, mental diseases, atrophy syndrome
The treatment in childbirth
The treatment of children
The treatment of addiction
The eight extra channels
Overview of complementary therapies
Auricular acupuncture
Six stages, four levels, three jiao
Bereavement and care of the dying
Electro-acupuncture
Deep pathways of all channels

Conventional medical science levels 1, 2 and 3
Anatomy
Physiology
Pathology
Pharmacology
Clinical medicine
Structural diagnosis
Conventional clinical skills
Resuscitation and basic first aid
Energetic interpretation of diseases and drugs
Warning features of disease

Point location level 1
Introduction to channels, points and point location
Location of 'command' points of all yin and yang channels
Location of lower sacral, ren points, back shu and du points

Point location level 2
Location of body points including: shoulder points, upper jiao points, middle jiao points, lower jiao points, entry and exit points, dragon points, thigh and groin points, head points, windows of the sky and neck points, face points, upper arm points, miscellaneous points
Review of all points

Research and reflective practice levels 1, 2 and 3
Introduction to reflective practice
Introduction to, and exploration of, different paradigms of research in Chinese medicine
Clinical observations
Clinical audit
Proposal for dissertation
Tutorials for dissertation

Professional practice levels 1 and 2
Patients in class
Taking a case history
Traditional diagnosis
Case history analysis
Discussion of diagnosis, treatment strategy and aetiological advice
Treatment reactions
Ethics and patient management
Case histories in class

Professional practice level 3
Treating patients under supervision in the student clinic
Clinical class discussions
Clinical observations
Overview of complementary therapies
Setting up in practice
Deciding who to treat
Keeping accounts
How to talk to patients
Bereavement and care of the dying
Promoting your practice
Supervision and continuing professional development
Patient management and boundaries in the treatment room

Skills and techniques levels 1, 2 and 3
Rapport-making skills
Structure of the emotions
Patient interaction and emotion elicitation
Facial characteristics of emotions and observing the face
Learning skills and memory aids
Colour, sound, emotion and odour exercises
Pulse diagnosis
Tongue diagnosis
Needle technique and clean needling
Moxibustion and the use of moxa sticks, moxa cones, moxa boxes, and moxa on a needle
Cupping
Cutaneous and bleeding needle
Introduction to guasha
Palpation and needle technique forchannel problems
Tui na