OCL 598 - Herbal Rounds I

Credit(s): 2

These two courses support the student’s learning of Chinese herbal medicine by allowing them to observe a clinical faculty member diagnose and treat a patient using Chinese herbs exclusively.

Under the constant, direct supervision of the faculty practitioner, the student will participate in case presentations and take chart notes, recording a patient’s history and exam results as well as assessments and treatments for each patient they observe. The student will have the opportunity to take patients’ pulses and observe their tongues to understand how these diagnostic elements factor into the instructor’s overall diagnosis and treatment. At
appropriate times, students will have the opportunity to ask questions regarding each case.

In Herbal Rounds I students will observe a faculty practitioner interview, diagnose and create a herbal prescription.Herbal Rounds II this observation will take place in an Herbal Internship clinic where the student will observe
clinical interns. (Note: only MACM and DACM students take this course.) Prerequisite(s): CL539, CM521