Why Choose CCAOM?
- CCAOM is the oldest (since 1985) Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) school in Canada.
- CCAOM is the only non-profit school of TCM and is the only TCM school in British Columbia approved by the US Department of Education. Students from the US may qualify to receive Stafford Student Loans. We are also recognized by the US Department of Veteran Affairs which entitles Veterans to additional funding.
- CCAOM has a large and diverse compliment of instructors. Our faculty is an extraordinary group of professionals who excel in their fields ranging from Traditional Chinese Medicine to modern medicine.
- CCAOM exceeds the minimum hours of instruction and clinical internship required for the CTCMA licensing exams.
- CCAOM is the first school to provide a 5th year program and post diploma studies. We now offer one full semester of clincal externship and scholarly lectures in the classically oriented University of Chengdu located in the Sichuan province of China.
- CCAOM uses advanced and classical techniques in our clinics, based on scientific studies.
- CCAOM students pass rates continually excel in CTCMA licensing exams for the designations of Registered Acupuncturist (R.Ac.) and Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner (R.TCM.P). Our students have also challenged and passed the relatively new Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine licensing exam.
- CCAOM offers affordable tuition rates and applicants qualify for provincial and federal student loans.
- CCAOM provides students with a positive and supportive learning environment.
- CCAOM's public student clinic in 2006-2007 booked 6000 individual appointments. Students were supervised by 8 different Clinical Faculty offering a variety of modalities of treatment.