As an Acupuncturist, you will need to master following:

• 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 therapeutic relationships
• ensure safety of healthcare users
• follow-up on healthcare users' treatment
• identify customer's needs
• observe healthcare users
• obtain healthcare user's medical status information
• pathologies treated by acupuncture
• select acupuncture points
• traditional Chinese medicine
• undertake healthcare examination
• work in multidisciplinary health teams

More generally, an acupuncturist is also versed in:

• comply with legislation related to health care
• develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
• empathise with the healthcare user
• follow clinical guidelines
• health care legislation
• human anatomy
• human physiology
• interact with healthcare users
• listen actively
• maintain work area cleanliness
• manage healthcare users' data
• provide health education
• sterilization techniques

It also helps to know the following:

• administrative tasks in a medical environment
• auriculotherapy
• conduct cupping therapy
• dietetics
• electrical stimulation in acupuncture
• multi-professional cooperation in health care
• phytotherapy
• promote inclusion
• refer healthcare users
• tai chi
• use e-health and mobile health technologies
• apply massage therapy
• ensure proper appointment administration
• general medicine
• offer advice on diet-related concerns
• process medical insurance claims
• record healthcare users' billing information
• therapeutic massage
• use foreign languages in patient care
• work in a multicultural environment in health care