Chinese (oriental) Medicine

Duties and responsibilities: broad range of medicine practices sharing common concepts which have been developed in China and are based on a tradition of more than 2,000 years, including various forms of herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage, exercise, and dietary therapy. It is primary used as a complementary alternative medicine.

Salary:$75,000-$80,000 per year.

Education: A bachelor’s or associate’s degree (or the equivalent, with 60 semester units from an accredited college or university) is required for admission into an AOM program. three years for acupuncture and four years for the combination of acupuncture and Oriental medicine. The Oriental medicine program includes the study of Chinese herbology.

Being a Chinese oriental medicine worker for my career is not really what I want but it kind of is because it relates with medicine and I want to be something that is related with medicine.