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  The Traditional Chinese Medicine Accreditation Board (UK)

The Traditional Chinese Medicine Accreditation Board (TCMAB) is an independent body to accredit institutions that run traditional Chinese acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine courses. The graduates from ATCM accredited institutions have automatic right to become members of the Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture UK.

TCMAB was established in 2004. There are two purposes for the establishment of TCMAB:

• Quality control: To ensure that affiliated institutions delivering TCM education and training courses in the UK meet the requirements and standards laid down by the TCMAB, conforming to the training standards of China’s State Administration for Traditional Chinese Medicine training standards and World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies, in order to enhance international acceptance of the courses.
• Regulation Requirement: To facilitate the professional criteria for the forthcoming statutory regulation for TCM profession in the UK.

Board members

Dr David Atherton   Chair
Dr Jidong Wu   Officer
Professor Michael Heinrich   Educational Specialist
Mrs Rosemary Suswillo   Lay Member
Dr Fanyi Meng   TCM Practitioner
Dr Liping Han   TCM Practitioner

Photo of Board member meeting on 19 February 2007:


Meeting minutes of 19 February 2007 (PDF)

Core curriculum
Accreditation Handbook

Institutions that have been accredited for running courses of acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine
The following institutions have been granted full accreditation by TCMAB:


Glyndwr University
(formerly North East Wales Institute of Higher Education)
Plas Coch Campus
Mold Road
Wrexham
LL11 2AW


The Acupuncture Foundation
Irish Institute of Chinese Medicine
105 Richmond Road
Dublin 3
Ireland

ATCM Recognised TCM/Acupuncture courses of other institutions:


Middlesex University
The Burroughs
London NW4 4BT
Tel: +44 (0)20 8411 5555
http://www.mdx.ac.uk


University of Lincoln
Brayford Pool
Lincoln
LN6 7TS
Tel: +44 (0)1522 830000
http://www.lincoln.ac.uk

Institutions that have been accredited for running courses of acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine:


Graduate Diploma in Chinese Herbal Medicine
College of Integrated Chinese Medicine
19 Castle Street
Reading RG1 7SB
Tel: +44 (0)118 950 8880
Fax: +44 (0)118 950 8890
http://www.acupuncturecollege.org.uk/
admin@cicm.org.uk


Diploma in Acupuncture
College of Naturopathy Medicine
39-41 Riding House Street
London W1W 7BE
Tel: +44 (0)1342 410 505
http://www.naturopathy-uk.com


TCM Kongress
London Office Rothenburg
36 a Alexander Road
London, N19 3PQ
Tel: +44 (0)203 4896825
http://www.tcm-kongress.de
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