About the Course
Learn at your own pace and develop your pulse diagnosis understanding with Certified Shen-Hammer Lineage Instructors Tracy Soltesz and Ryan Diener in this four-part virtual on-demand lecture.
This 16 hour course will: Introduce students to the foundational concepts of pulse diagnosis - the "Hallmark of Chinese Medicine Diagnosis" - and showcase the the Shen-Hammer Contemporary Chinese Pulse Diagnosis (CCPD) lineage.
Through the understanding of detailed terminology and subtle skills of differentiation, pulse diagnosis can accurately show the practitioner past and current health trends within the patient thus supporting the ability to craft a comprehensive treatment plan for long-lasting treatment results. Pulse is both stable over time and yet it changes more rapidly than other diagnostic methods such as tongue, giving the practitioner immediate feedback as treatment is delivered to the patient.
This is also great refresher classes for continuing pulse students to deepen their understanding of the intricacies and the subtleties of pulse terminology.
Lectures are broken into 4-hour recordings that focus on:
- History of Pulse Diagnosis and Systems Comparisons, The Whole Pulse, and Large Segments;
- Common Qualities of Shen-Hammer Contemporary Chinese Pulse Diagnosis;
- The Principle and Complementary Positions of Contemporary Chinese Pulse Diagnosis; and
- Putting it all Together: How to Interpret Findings and Create Treatment Strategies
Instructors
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Tracy Soltesz
Dr. Tracy Soltesz, DAc obtained her Master of Acupuncture from the Tai Sophia Institute, now called Maryland University of Integrative Health (MUIH) in early 2006. In 2016, she was a part of the first graduating class of the Doctor of Acupuncture program at MUIH. She holds a Diplomate of Acupuncture from the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM), and is one of 25 practitioners worldwide certified by Dr. Hammer as a teacher of Shen-Hammer Contemporary Chinese Pulse Diagnosis. She has traveled throughout the world to study the ways in which our cultural, generational, and gender conditioning inform our health care decisions, training with renowned scholars of Asian Medicine including Lonny Jarrett, Ross Rosen, and Dr. Leon Hammer, MD and has sixteen years of post-graduate apprenticeship in the Clinical Integration of Chinese Medicine in the 21st century. Tracy has served the profession through volunteer work since 2008, including serving as President of the Maryland Acupuncture Society (MAS) and Chair of the Council of State (Acupuncture) Associations (CSA), a coalition of state-based acupuncture associations now known as the American Society of Acupuncturists (ASA) – a national federation of acupuncturists. She serves as adjunct faculty at MUIH and is the Clinical Pearls editor for the Journal of the American Society of Acupuncturists. -
Ryan Diener
Ryan Diener, MAc strives to help his patients resolve their health challenges and have a positive impact on the people in their lives. He received a bachelor’s degree in Biology from the University of Maryland, and studied Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) at Southwest Acupuncture College in Santa Fe, NM, where he obtained a Masters of Science degree in Oriental Medicine and completed an apprenticeship in acupuncture and herbology. He then completed a two-year integration course with prominent author and acupuncturist, Lonny Jarrett, Classical Chinese Medicine with Jeffrey Yuen, and is one of only 10 certified teachers in the country of Shen-Hammer Contemporary Chinese Pulse Diagnosis, which he studied closely with Dr. Leon Hammer. Ryan is co-founder and Director of Holistic Health Associates, a health facility located in downtown Frederick, Maryland. In addition, Ryan serves as adjunct faculty of advanced practice management for the Doctor of Acupuncture at Maryland University of Integrative Health and sits on the board of directors for the Contemporary Oriental Medicine Foundation.
Course curriculum
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Foundations of Shen-Hammer Contemporary Chinese Pulse Diagnosis - 16 NCCAOM PDAs
- Lecture 1: Pulse Diagnosis Comparisons, The Whole Pulse, and Large Segments
- Lecture 2: Common Qualities of Shen-Hammer Contemporary Chinese Pulse Diagnosis
- Lecture 3: The Principle and Complementary Positions of Shen-Hammer Contemporary Chinese Pulse Diagnosis
- Lecture 4: Putting it all Together: How to Interpret Findings and Create Treatment Strategies
- NCCAOM Required Worksheet
- PDA Required Quiz
- Course Evaluation
