Natural Health Education Strikes an Online/In-Person Balance for Fall By Marilyn Zink
Online courses as well as a combination of education induļ¬ry are concerned about new in-person and online courses are oļ¬ered at Oshio College of Acupuncture and Herbolcoronavirus variants in the fall. ogy says Dean Dr. Ganglin Yin. Though the pandemic is waning in much of āFrom our experience, ļ¬udents feel more the weļ¬ern world, there are ļ¬ill concerns about a 4th wave as a result of the Delta vari- comfortable with online courses,ā says Dr. Yin. ant spreading quickly. Colleges and inļ¬itutions in the natural health āWe can oļ¬er online until the end of Decemļ¬eld have adapted many programs as a result ber.ā He says in January ļ¬udents will be required of the pandemic. to come to one of two campuses in Victoria, We spoke with several educators to learn B.C. for education that that canāt complete how they have prepared and adapted to the online. coronavirus pandemic. Moļ¬ inļ¬itutions have both online and inWindsong School of Healing oļ¬ers a comperson learning along with blended probination of online and in person education, grams. depending on what the ļ¬udent is taking. Program for Autumn Enrolment is Now Open āWe do our theory online now, we do a hands-on practical,ā says Lori-Ann MaOshio College of Acupuncture and cLeod, senior educational lead inļ¬ructor. Herbology/Royal Paciļ¬c Inļ¬itute The school oļ¬ers am Eļ¬hetics and Spa Therapiļ¬ program, Certiļ¬ed Holiļ¬ic Health *On-line study of some courses of the Acupuncture Practitioner program as well as a combined program is available this September. *A good opportunity for those who want to become an Certiļ¬ed Holiļ¬ic and Shiatsu Diploma. acupuncturist but donāt live near Victoria. āYou can also take Shiatsu separately or energy medicine, oriental bodywork,ā says ęØęå¾ ē儽ę¶ęÆę„äŗļ¼ē»“å¤å©äŗå¤Ŗå¹³ę“äøå»å¦é¢äø ęēę£å¼ęēäŗć MacLeod. ęØåÆ仄åØå ęæ大ļ¼ēØäøęļ¼å¦äøå»ļ¼å¦éēøļ¼ļ¼ The school has a teaching platform for its onä»å¹“9-12ęčæč½äøē½čƾć line courses. åÆ仄ē³čÆ·å¦ēč“·ę¬¾åčµå©ć āWe have ļ¬udents from all over the world,ā čƦę čÆ·č“ēµ1ļ¼250ļ¼360-2700ļ¼ēµé®ļ¼oshio@ says MacLeod. shaw.ca ęč®æé®å¦ę ”ē½ē«: oshio.ca,royalpacificinstitute.net The school is currently based in Port Alberni but moving to the Vancouver, B.C. area in Serving the community for over 22 years. September. Many graduates are from Vancouver Island. Dominion Herbal College, North Americaās Contact us:1(250) 360-2700 oldeļ¬ school of herbal medicine, eļ¬ablished oshio@shaw.ca in 1926, oļ¬ers a combination of online and Student loans available blended programs (both online and in-perwww.oshio.ca www.royalpaciļ¬cinļ¬itute.net son).
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