World Medicine Institute
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The World Medicine Institute (WMI), located in Honolulu, Hawaii
, United States
, offers master's and postgraduate doctoral degrees in acupuncture
and oriental medicine
. WMI's programs are accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
and approved by the Hawaii State Board of Acupuncture
The college was named Tai Hsuan Foundation College of Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine until 2005.
In 1985, the school applied for candidacy to the Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
(ACAOM) and in 1991 was granted full accreditation.
Honolulu, Hawaii
Honolulu is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Hawaii. Honolulu is the southernmost major U.S. city. Although the name "Honolulu" refers to the urban area on the southeastern shore of the island of Oahu, the city and county government are consolidated as the City and...
, United States
United States
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, offers master's and postgraduate doctoral degrees in acupuncture
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is a type of alternative medicine that treats patients by insertion and manipulation of solid, generally thin needles in the body....
and oriental medicine
Oriental medicine
Oriental medicine is a collective term for several types of medicine practiced in the Orient and/or the East.Under Oriental medicine is understood:* Traditional Chinese medicine* Traditional Korean medicine* Kampo...
. WMI's programs are accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
The Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine is the national accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit Master's-level programs in the acupuncture and Oriental medicine profession...
and approved by the Hawaii State Board of Acupuncture
The college was named Tai Hsuan Foundation College of Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine until 2005.
History
WMI was founded by Chang Yi Hsiang, PhD. It originally opened as The School of the Six Chinese Arts in 1970 and was formally registered with the State in 1972. In 1974, some of the school's founders helped establish the Hawaii State Acupuncture Board which was subsequently by the Hawaii State Legislature as the "Acupuncture Bill". At the time, Hawaii was the second state to legally recognize and license acupuncturists. Dr. Chang served from 1974 to 1978 as a Commissioner on the first Hawaii State Board of Acupuncture.In 1985, the school applied for candidacy to the Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
The Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine is the national accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit Master's-level programs in the acupuncture and Oriental medicine profession...
(ACAOM) and in 1991 was granted full accreditation.