Welcome to the home page of the Irish College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (ICTCM).
The ICTCM is the first College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Ireland.
Since 1983 we have pioneered professional TCM training:
- First, in Acupuncture (Licentiate in Traditional Chinese Medicine).
- Then, in Chinese Herbal Medicine.
- More recently, since 2006, in Medical Qigong.
NEWS: THE NEXT PROFESSIONAL ACUPUNCTURE TCM TRAINING PROGRAMME - the Licentiate in TCM (Lic.TCM) - STARTS IN OCTOBER 2010.
For a full prospectus pack and fee information please contact the College.
The new prospectus pack is now available, and interviews have commenced. If you have already asked for a pack it should reach you soon.
Professional Acupuncture training - the Lic.TCM Course - A Summary:
The Course is:
- 3 years
- Part-time
- Weekends only (Saturday and Sunday).
- 12 main teaching weekends each year.
- Held in Dublin.
- There is home study, assignments, open-learning modules, point location and clinical workshops.
- It is recognised by the PRTCM (See below).
- It is designed for adults wishing to change career.
- Graduates are qualified to take up professional practice of Acupuncture TCM in Ireland or the UK.
- Graduates can join the Professional body, the PRTCM and be recognised by VHI, Quinn Healthcare and Aviva.
- This is the 27th year we have been running this course.
- We have had successful graduates every year since we began.
Details of this training can be found in the section on ACUPUNCTURE COURSES.
This site also offers information about:
- The College
- The Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine Profession
- Postgraduate qualifications in Chinese Herbal Medicine and Medical Qigong.
- The excellent career possibilities for successful graduates of the ICTCM.
NEWS FROM CHINA – in December 2005 The ICTCM signed an historic agreement with Guangzhou University of TCM (GZUTCM) in China to run a joint Masters Degree Programme, (mainly in Ireland) leading to a Master of Medicine Degree conferred by GZUTCM.
Qualified Practitioners of Acupuncture and TCM in Ireland
The Professional Register of Traditional Chinese Medicine (PRTCM) is the first professional body representing and regulating the profession of Acupuncture and TCM in Ireland. It was founded in 1983 and is currently taking part, under the auspices of the Department of Health and Children, in a Steering Group on Acupuncture and a Steering Group on Herbal Medicine. For information on the PRTCM and contact details for qualified practitioners please click here.
