From shiatsu practitioner to traditional chinese medicine therapist
14 of the 23 essential skills of a traditional chinese medicine therapist are already essential for a shiatsu practitioner — about 61% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 14
- skills carry over
- 9
- would be new
- 61%
- of the target job covered
- 23
- essential skills of a traditional chinese medicine therapist
What a traditional chinese medicine therapist does
Traditional Chinese medicine therapists use alternative medicine approaches to cure illnesses in all its forms. They also use various therapies such as the use of herbal medicines, acupuncture, massages and dietary therapies, to increase the general health of the patient and to prevent a disease from occurring.
What carries over
14 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- apply context specific clinical competences
- develop therapeutic relationships
- empathise with the healthcare user
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- follow-up on healthcare users' treatment
- human anatomy
- human physiology
- identify customer's needs
- listen actively
- maintain work area cleanliness
- observe healthcare users
- pathologies treated by acupuncture
- promote mental health
- traditional Chinese medicine
What would be new
9 skillsEssential for a traditional chinese medicine therapist and not for a shiatsu practitioner. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
Other moves from shiatsu practitioner
2 roles- acupuncturist15 skills in common
- sophrologist14 skills in common
← shiatsu practitionertraditional chinese medicine therapist →The other way round
No account needed to start
How far are you from being a traditional chinese medicine therapist?
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.