Become an Acupuncturist

Educational Philosophy 

The ITEA educational experience is unique and transformational. 

Based on the spiral approach of traditional Eastern learning, oral tradition concepts and ideas are visited again and again from different viewpoints and from increasingly greater depths. As in Eastern education, our faculty are not merely dispensers of intellectual knowledge, but are guides who help each student uncover the wisdom inherent within nature and within themselves. 

At ITEA, students are trained to diagnose the state of clients by discerning energetic harmony and disharmony. This is done through the subtle and highly refined observational cues of color, sound, odor, and emotional content, as was practiced by the ancient Chinese. 

Structure 

ITEA offers the comprehensive Hybrid Track for students to attain the degree of Master of Acupuncture in Classical Five-Element Acupuncture. 

Learn more about the innovative and accelerated Hybrid Track:

• Allows low residency students to continue to live at home and attend Intensives in Louisville, Colorado once per month for 4-day Intensives for the first 19 months of the program.
• Students are required to relocate to the Louisville area for Clinical Internship in Year 3 of the program, as their studies will focus on work in the ITEA Clinic.
• Accommodates healthcare practitioners to continue working in their current healthcare profession
• Professional practice or experience in a healthcare-related setting can apply to program requirements
• Licensed massage therapists are encouraged to apply

In addition to the CF-EA curriculum, the ITEA program consists of Western Science and Biomedical courses and hands-on practice management experience. To support success in passing national board exams, students learn introductory frameworks for studying in their last year of school.  

ITEA can accommodate specific cultural and holiday observances as needed.