From osteopath to acupuncturist
10 of the 33 essential skills of a acupuncturist are already essential for a osteopath — about 30% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from osteopath in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 10
- skills carry over
- 23
- would be new
- 30%
- of the target job covered
- 33
- essential skills of a acupuncturist
What a acupuncturist does
Acupuncturists make use of thin needles and insert them into acupuncture points in the body in order to restore the imbalances of the human body and overall good health. Acupuncturists focus on energy meridians to treat various conditions.
What carries over
10 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- comply with legislation related to health care
- develop therapeutic relationships
- empathise with the healthcare user
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- follow-up on healthcare users' treatment
- health care legislation
- listen actively
- provide health education
- undertake healthcare examination
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
What would be new
23 skillsEssential for a acupuncturist and not for a osteopath. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- accept own accountability
- acupuncture methods
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- advise on mental health
- apply acupuncture
- apply context specific clinical competences
- biomedicine
- complementary and alternative medicine
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- follow clinical guidelines
- human anatomy
- human physiology
- identify customer's needs
- interact with healthcare users
- maintain work area cleanliness
- manage healthcare users' data
- observe healthcare users
- obtain healthcare user's medical status information
- pathologies treated by acupuncture
- select acupuncture points
- sterilization techniques
- traditional Chinese medicine
Other moves from osteopath
2 roles- occupational therapist10 skills in common
- chiropractor10 skills in common
No account needed to start
How far are you from being a acupuncturist?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.