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Colorado School of Traditional Chinese MedicineMission Statement The Colorado School of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CSTCM) was founded in late 1989 with having a high educational standard as the primary focus of the school. It created a program with the emphasis on one style of Oriental Medicine (TCM), with an introduction to various other styles included. The school's program teaches a medicine but also strives to help students understand a culture where the medicine originated from. It is CSTCM's belief that all traditional medicines are cultural (i.e. Western medicine came from and is a picture of culture in the West, just as Chinese medicine came from and is a picture of culture in China). But, Chinese medicine must also be studied, learned, and practiced in a way that it can be adapted into the Western culture and blended with western approaches to medical care and both be acknowledged for their values. The school tries very hard to deliver the very best TCM educational program in the U.S. for the lowest tuition possible.
CSTCM's mission is the basis for designing a program whose graduates are:
History The Colorado School of Traditional Chinese Medicine was founded in late 1989. The Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine gave the school candidate status in May 2000. It was accredited in May 2002 and October 2005. Programs Offered CSTCM offers a three-year, 2,850-hour graduate level educational program with a strong foundation in traditional Chinese medicine (acupuncture and related modalities, tui na (physiotherapy/therapeutic massage), internal medicine (Chinese herbal medicine), Chinese nutrition, and energetic exercise/meditation) with a grounding in Western medicine, all as it is currently taught in mainland China. This program actually allows full-time students to graduate in three years, taking an average of about 18 classroom hours per week for nine trimesters. Classes are offered both day and nights and Saturday. CSTCM accepts new students three times per year. This allows students to take a semester off at any time without creating problems in the structure of the program. Credits are calculated by the following: 1 credit for every 15 hours of classroom work completed for didactic courses; 1 credit for every 30 hours of completed work in practical/clinical courses. The program is also offered on a part-time basis, with eight calendar years as the maximum allowable time to complete the program. This program is advised for students with financial or employment difficulties. Contact Information For more information on the Colorado School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, contact: Colorado School of Traditional Chinese Medicine |
CSTCM has used extremely high standards in creating the curriculum and
even more so in assembling a faculty that represents both Chinese and
Western instructors. These two different types of practitioners can look
at, understand, and teach Chinese medicine very differently. These slightly
different points of view can expand a student's knowledge and creativity
when learning and practicing Chinese medicine, especially with the emphasis
on treating the whole person as an energetic system who is actually part
of another larger energetic system (human relationship to nature). The
CSTCM faculty is energetic but calm, commendable but humble, and assertive
but compassionate. The faculty encourages students to follow the Taoist
principles of harmony and balance, these being the foundation of our mental,
physical, and emotional well-being.
