Imagine yourself as an acupuncturist. You are a leader in integrative medicine, making unique contributions to healthcare by providing powerful, patient-centered treatment options for a variety of health concerns. You help solve public health challenges by treating acute and chronic pain effectively, without medications. You provide care across a range of specialties, including pain management, behavioral health, pediatrics, women’s health, and elder care. Through collaborative healing relationships, you work to relieve suffering and enhance wellness for patients of all ages.
By choosing the New England School of Acupuncture (NESA) at MCPHS for your acupuncture education, you will join a supportive and dedicated community of compassionate students studying an ancient medicine at a contemporary health sciences university. Graduates choose from a variety of practice settings such as private, group, multidisciplinary, hospital or integrative healthcare. NESA Alumni also pursue careers in acupuncture education or research.
NESA’s programs feature:
Innovative Curricula
- Experience a combination of onsite and distance education instruction
- Begin hands-on clinical training within the first week of classes
- Learn clinical skills in small groups with licensed acupuncturists
- Select additional comprehensive offerings such as Japanese acupuncture and/or orthopedic acupuncture
Distinctive Interprofessional Education
- Engage in interprofessional education events with students from other healthcare programs such as pharmacy, physician assistant studies, physical therapy, nursing, dental hygiene, diagnostic medical imaging, and optometry.
- As a NESA doctoral student, attend classes and collaborate with doctoral students from other healthcare professions
Integrative Clinical Training
- Participate in extensive and diverse clinical placements at leading academic medical centers and federally qualified community health centers
- Explore clinical observation opportunities across New England within a network of experienced acupuncturists practicing in a variety of clinical settings
Pioneering (Leading-Edge) Evidence-Based Medicine Research
- Be mentored by internationally renowned leaders publishing groundbreaking research
- Awarded over $5 million in federal grants for original research
- Advancing data-driven, evidence-based clinical practice guidelines
- Elect to participate in unique research opportunities
Looking for an undergraduate pathway to acupuncture? We offer time-saving dual degree programs that lead to a combined bachelor’s in health science/masters in acupuncture or bachelor’s in public health/master’s in acupuncture.
Questions about our acupuncture programs? Connect with our Worcester Admission Office at 508.373.5607.