GRAND ROUNDS: KAMPO MEDICINE (IN-PERSON)
April 16 @ 9:00 am - 6:00 pm PDT
$125.00 – $200.00
CAB approved for 8 CEU hours, Category 1. CEP Provider #436
*** Can be used towards a Certificate in Japanese Medicine ***
About the Course: This day of patient care will serve to demonstrate clinical applications of Kampo Medicine. In-person patient encounters will focus on a key clinical component of the Kampo system, Abdominal Diagnosis (Fukushin). Students will observe and apply the precise exam technique, and interpret findings as they relate to herbal treatment theory, as learned over the preceding weekend. The classical formulas previewed in the didactic course will be discussed in relation to specific patient complaints and presentations. Participants will have the opportunity to witness a senior provider at work. Seeing the skill of matching abdominal findings with formula patterns provides a critical strategy for accurate prescribing and positive patient outcomes. Registrants are encouraged to also enroll in the Intro to Kampo course taking place in the days prior to Grand Rounds.
Upon the completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Better understand the clinical application of Kampo Medicine with real patient case
- Demonstrate greater familiarity with the practice of Fukushin in the context of Kampo Medicine
- Accurately perform the Kampo abdominal exam and chart the findings
- Identify and interpret Fukusho (Abdominal Patterns) and match them with corresponding Yakusho (Formula Patterns)
- Match formulas from the Shang Han Lun and Jing Gui Yao Lue with the corresponding abdominal patterns witnessed in this day of active patient care
This course can be taken for credit within AIMC’s Doctoral Completion program; students enrolled in the program can earn Clinical hours toward graduation and CEU hours by attending this course. Courses taken for Continuing Education credit cannot be retroactively applied for Doctoral Completion credit; get in touch with the Admissions Office today if you’d like more information about enrolling in the Doctoral Completion program.
About the Instructor: Nigel Dawes has been practicing and teaching East Asian Medicine for 35 years. He lived and studied in Japan for 5 years followed by hospital internships in China in the 1980’s. Prior to moving to the United States, he founded the London College of Shiatsu in 1987, and in addition to acting as director and lead instructor, began lecturing at various Oriental Medicine (OM) schools in England, France, Israel and the U.S. Since 1994, New York City has been his home, where he has continued his involvement in undergraduate and graduate OM education and administration, political work in the field, clinical practice, research and publishing. In 1999 he founded the NY Kampo Institute whose mission is the dissemination of traditional Japanese medicine through teaching and practice.
These days Nigel divides his time between clinical practice, teaching, and publication & research. He is currently considered one of the leading experts in the practice and teaching of Kampo, lecturing widely throughout the US and abroad including Canada, Europe, Israel and Australia, He is a regular contributor to various peer-reviewed journals in the field and has published 4 books including a translation of a modern Japanese Kampo classic Kampo Igaku by Otsuka Keisetsu. His fourth book, Fukushin and Kampo, on the topic of Abdominal Diagnosis in East Asian Medicine, was published in October 2020. He has been on the faculty of both Tristate College of Acupuncture and Pacific College of Oriental Medicine where he taught courses in both Kampo and Japanese Acupuncture as well as supervising in clinic.
Nigel’s private practice is located in New York City and incorporates Acupuncture, Shiatsu massage and Kampo herbal medicine. He lives in Brooklyn.