Now, if you know anything about Google search and “long tail” search results, you’ll know that the title of this blog post is going to get me some very interesting visitors. That being said, I want to give a shout out to all of YOU, my stalwart readers who have stuck with me through ups and downs, through thick and thin, through Yin and Yang, through boom and bust. I know, I know, the content has been slow in coming. You miss me, and I miss you! But, the user base has actually GROWN and that is very heartening. People want to hear more!
I have just about four weeks left of school at NCNM. Two of those weeks are substantial (one more board exam, my thesis defense, a couple of projects) and two are going to be really tough to sit through. :) We have lots of celebrations coming up, lots of weird little requirements to fulfill, paperwork to shuffle, etc…
I finished my thesis! Yes! I plan to release parts of it on the blog over the coming month. It’s not a bad little document, but I really see it as a launching pad for future work. I suppose that was the intent. I’ve also taken and passed two boards (foundations and biomedicine) and am well on my way to being totally comfortable with the third one required for licensure (acupuncture). I’ll be taking the herbal board sometime in the Fall.
Lots and lots and lots has been going on. I’ve opened a clinic with my partner, Amanda, and Brandt Stickley. There’s just so much to talk about there, I can’t even understand how I’m not blogging all the time. Think : new models for healthcare, the ins and outs of legal/financial arrangements, building a medicinary, business planning, so on and so forth. My love for and obsession with Shanghan Lun formulas has expanded by eight million since I’ve been in clinic, which is another treasure trove for blog posts. I’ve learned a lot about how best to learn this medicine from a “learning technology” standpoint – yet another womb for countless blog posts. I mean, seriously, folks – I have plenty to blog about. Just NO TIME. This changes in a couple of weeks.
So, get your RSS readers (or email inboxes, or whatever) ready!
All of that being said, I have an exciting event to announce…
This Saturday – May 30 – on the NCNM Campus Craig Mitchell from Seattle Institute of Oriental Medicine (SIOM) is coming to speak from 9am-5pm! This event is free and open to the public and will be held in Room 322 on the Ross Island Campus. The NCNM Student Government Association is sponsoring this event – one of the last in a great series that featured Patch Adams and Mark Silver, among others.
View NCNM Main Campus : 049 SW Porter, Portland, OR in a Google map
Craig will be holding forth on the topic of the Qi dynamic, Shanghan Lun formulas, and the development of understanding of those formulas through time. We’ll be working through the translation of some text and generally having a wonderful time. Craig is an eminent scholar in our field and we’re really, really lucky to have him come down for this event. If you’re interested and need more details – please contact me! Flyer below.
Eric
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That looks so fascinating. Too bad I have to work!!
Senioritis. I has it. I’m seriously about to chew through my restraints at this point. However monday is my LAST DAY of classes. I still have a couple weeks worth of clinic to complete, and all the boards, transcript arrangement, 30 tons of paperwork, make business cards, design my entire office method, workflow, intake forms, billing system, buy supplies, work out a fee schedule, get in sync with my insurance billing guy, figure out how to use/setup Quickbooks 2009, yah, I’d be excited about graduating if I had time to be. :P
Hi Eric,
Congratulations on your upcoming graduation and all the best for your new clinic. Although this is my first comment, I have enjoyed following your blog for some time and miss it! I’m looking forward to reading more of your posts.
Take care,
Marcela