Give To SCUEASTERN MEDICINE DEPARTMENT WE ARE PIONEERS
The Eastern Medicine Department (EMD) is located at the Southern California University of Health Sciences (SCU). SCU is a private, not-for-profit, and WASC/WSCUC accredited healthcare university. EMD at SCU is pioneering a fundamentally new and integrated approach of educating Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine practitioners for the 21st century—practitioners who are committed to excellence in outcome-focused and team-based patient care. EMD students receive a state-of-the-art education in traditional Eastern medicine while taking professional bioscience and Western clinical medicine courses with students in other SCU professional healthcare programs. This interprofessional study is designed with the intention of building future partnerships to provide truly integrative and collaborative healthcare to patients. EMD was the first in the United States to offer the new Doctor (PD) program in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine. Students enter with 90 units of undergraduate education, including specific science courses and graduate after 10 terms with an accredited doctoral degree. The Eastern Medicine Department is committed to providing students with an excellent education in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine, and evidence-based, patient-focused, integrative healthcare.Our mission, vision and goals are simple
- Provide outstanding education in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine.
- Train students to become knowledgeable, competent, conscientious, and committed health care providers emphasizing holistic and integrative approaches.
- Promote and encourage Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine research activities among faculty and students.
- Foster evidence-based practices and life-long learning skills.
WITH YOUR SUPPORT WE WILL
Increase student capacity to 60 students for whole program
Create Bridge program for DC/PA that allows a dual-doctorate in 4.5 years instead of 5.5 years
Use Master of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine program as a stand-alone minimum, mostly online for LAc’s
Separate Herbology from the Master of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine program and add Herbs certificate
Build a Meridian Point simulation lab
Grow our Herb dispensary to be national leading
Expand our clinics nationally
Increase scholarships, and increase student rotations in China and add a Chinese student exchange program
Recent Support
Kwan Care & Love Foundation$500,000
EXTENDING OUR REACH
SCU’s Eastern Medicine Department is collaborating with universities worldwide.
- University of California, Irvine
- California State University, Fullerton
- University of Southern California
- Loma Linda University
- Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
- Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Chang Gung Medical University
- China Medical University