 NCCAOM introduces its first online course designed to educate you as a healthcare practitioner to become aware of your legal obligations and exposure. This Course, Professional Ethics and Liability, joins the other impressive ethics courses listed on the NCCAOM PDA Search Engine. The course presented by Betsy Smith, Deputy Director, NCCAOM and Michael Taromina, Esq., Chair of NCCAOM PEDC Committee, focuses on the Diplomates’ relationship to the NCCAOM Disciplinary process, specifically, the NCCAOM Code of Ethics to which all applicants, candidates and Diplomates agree to abide and the NCCAOM Grounds for Professional Discipline. In addition, it also provides valuable information on the relationship between the NCCAOM and state regulatory boards with regard to disciplinary actions. Specifically, learn the Zones of Risk and the most Common Pitfalls for the Well-Intentioned Practitioner! Learn what constitutes a boundary violation, how to terminate a problem patient and what the difference is between litigation and ethical complaints and much, much more.
Sign up for four informative and entertaining hours on Ethics and Liability. This four credit course, offered for only $100.00, gives you the opportunity to profit from the latest information on changes in professional ethics for today's healthcare practitioner. You can complete this course at your own pace, on your schedule, without leaving home! Turn in the brief assessment at the end of the course and receive four CEU/PDAs, while at the same time satisfying NCCAOM's requirement for an ethics or safety course for recertification. The course is available to everyone. You only need a credit card and your Diplomate ID # (optional if you are a non- Diplomate), to get started. To sign up, click here.
For those of you who have already taken the NCCAOM Ethics Course, or who wish to explore ethics from a different perspective, please find below a list of NCCAOM approved ethics course providers:
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NCCAOM Announces Election of New Commissioner
Jacksonville, FL – The National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) is pleased to announce that Denise Hsu, Dipl. Ac. (NCCAOM), has been elected to the Board of Commissioners by the NCCAOM Diplomate population. Hsu will serve a three-year term commencing in winter of 2009.
Hsu has impressive experience with over twenty years of practice in acupuncture and Chinese herbology treating pain syndromes, women's diseases, allergies, asthma, stress and general healthcare ailments. Click for full Press Release. |
NCCAOM is pleased to announce the release of its new and improved search engine - 
