Meyers Bill
Past Education Chair Australian Medical Acupuncture College, Landsborough Medical Centre, Landsborough, Queensland, Australia.
Med Acupunct. 2025 Apr 17;37(2):124-126. doi: 10.1089/acu.2024.0068. eCollection 2025 Apr.
In Australia, The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) regulates medical acupuncture. Endorsement by the Medical Board of Australia requires the medical practitioner to complete an approved Course and pass the Part 1 Examination of the Australian Medical Acupuncture College (AMAC). The Australian Medical Council (AMC) has approved the Australian Medical Acupuncture College Part 1 Course against its standards.
Fully qualified Medical Practitioners and Dentists, who are not currently engaged in other post graduate courses are taught using a blended learning format, including online modules, webinars, face-to-face workshops, and clinical mentorship. Teachers in the Course are experienced medical acupuncturists, mostly Fellows of the College, or Members of the College with experience in teaching and mentoring. Non-physician acupuncturists are trained at Chinese Medicine Board approved courses in various Institutes of Technology, Colleges of Natural Health, Torrens University, and the University of Western Sydney.
"New analysis from the Australian Medical Association has confirmed, after years of Government neglect, Australia is facing a shortage of more than 10,600 GPs by 2031, with the supply of GPs not keeping pace with growing community demand." In Australia the demand for acupuncture is 1 in 10 adults, and an unmeasured number of children. The actual supply is 1 in 3,000 population, with qualified medical acupuncturists being 1 in 30,000. Solutions to these problems would require a change in Australian Government Policy which currently is to replace doctors with pharmacists, nurse practitioners, physician associates, and presumably medical acupuncturists would be replaced by Traditional Chinese Medicine acupuncturists.
Medical and dental acupuncture in Australia is taught in a tightly regulated environment in an evidence-based fashion by committed medical practitioners with experience in the practice and teaching of the art and science of this multi-millennial long modality.
在澳大利亚，澳大利亚健康从业者监管局（AHPRA）对医学针灸进行监管。澳大利亚医学委员会的认可要求执业医生完成一门经批准的课程，并通过澳大利亚医学针灸学院（AMAC）的第一部分考试。澳大利亚医学理事会（AMC）已根据其标准批准了澳大利亚医学针灸学院的第一部分课程。
对于目前未参加其他研究生课程的完全合格的执业医生和牙医，采用混合学习模式进行教学，包括在线模块、网络研讨会、面对面工作坊和临床指导。该课程的教师是经验丰富的医学针灸师，大多是学院的研究员，或有教学和指导经验的学院成员。非医生针灸师在各理工学院、自然健康学院、托伦斯大学和西悉尼大学的中医委员会批准的课程中接受培训。
“澳大利亚医学协会的最新分析证实，在政府多年的忽视之后，到2031年澳大利亚将面临超过10600名全科医生短缺的问题，全科医生的供应跟不上社区需求的增长。”在澳大利亚，十分之一的成年人有针灸需求，儿童的需求数量难以估量。实际供应量为每3000人中有1人，合格的医学针灸师为每30000人中有1人。解决这些问题需要澳大利亚政府政策的改变，目前的政策是用药剂师、执业护士、医师助理取代医生，大概医学针灸师也会被传统中医针灸师取代。
在澳大利亚，医学和牙科针灸是在一个严格监管的环境中，由在这一有着数千年历史的技艺和科学的实践与教学方面有经验的敬业执业医生以循证的方式进行教授的。
