From herbal therapist to acupuncturist
16 of the 33 essential skills of a acupuncturist are already essential for a herbal therapist — about 48% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from herbal therapist in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 16
- skills carry over
- 17
- would be new
- 48%
- of the target job covered
- 33
- essential skills of a acupuncturist
What a acupuncturist does
Acupuncturists make use of thin needles and insert them into acupuncture points in the body in order to restore the imbalances of the human body and overall good health. Acupuncturists focus on energy meridians to treat various conditions.
What carries over
16 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- acupuncture methods
- advise on mental health
- apply context specific clinical competences
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- develop therapeutic relationships
- empathise with the healthcare user
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- follow-up on healthcare users' treatment
- human anatomy
- human physiology
- identify customer's needs
- interact with healthcare users
- listen actively
- maintain work area cleanliness
- observe healthcare users
- provide health education
What would be new
17 skillsEssential for a acupuncturist and not for a herbal therapist. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- accept own accountability
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- apply acupuncture
- biomedicine
- complementary and alternative medicine
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- follow clinical guidelines
- health care legislation
- manage healthcare users' data
- obtain healthcare user's medical status information
- pathologies treated by acupuncture
- select acupuncture points
- sterilization techniques
- traditional Chinese medicine
- undertake healthcare examination
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
Other moves from herbal therapist
2 roles- aromatherapist16 skills in common
- sophrologist16 skills in common
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How far are you from being a acupuncturist?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.