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The Healthcare System-based Acupuncturist

Are you an acupuncturist working in a hospital or healthcare system-based practice?

This is the resource page for you, whether you have just received your first offer of employment in this setting or you are several years into working in this practice setting.

At the HHP, this set of resources, “Healthcare System-based LAc,” formerly the “New Hospital Employee” resource set, gets you started with what to expect in job descriptions, being an employee, the onboarding process, to participating in professional practice evaluation.

This resource set also has crosswalks for those who are leads or becoming leads and those who are program managers.

During your first year of practice in this setting, we also recommend you review the First Steps resource set. First Steps is written for students and prospective practitioners interested in practicing in this setting and it reviews minimum requirements. It has only a few crosswalks to this resource.

If you are a lead or program manager, we also recommend the new resource landing page, “Program Managers/Directors.”

 

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HHP is the nonprofit collaborative learning network for healthcare system-based LAcs and program managers.

We are the home of the healthcare system-based acupuncturist community network

Are you an LAc working in a hospital or healthcare system-based setting?

updated 07.05.2022

Are you an acupuncturist working in a hospital or healthcare system-based practice?

It's a big world. Getting connected to other hospital and healthcare system-based practitioners in your field is essential to help you avoid repeating their mistakes, and avoid re-inventing the wheel. Being connected to your field and community also helps you grow in your professional practice.


A resource for hospital and healthcare system-based Acupuncturists

If you are an acupuncturist working in the modern U.S. healthcare system, this is the resource page for you. This resource was created for you, whether you have just received your first offer of employment in this setting or you are several years into working in this practice setting.

At the HHP, this set of resources, “Healthcare System-based LAc,” (formerly called the “New Hospital Employee” resource set), covers the following: what to expect in job descriptions, basics of being a professional healthcare employee, the onboarding process, to participating in professional practice evaluation.

This resource set also has crosswalks for those who are leads or becoming leads and those who are program managers.

During your first year of practice in this setting, we also recommend you review the First Steps resource set. First Steps is written for students and prospective practitioners interested in practicing in this setting and it reviews minimum requirements. It has only a few crosswalks to this resource.

If you are a lead or program manager, we also recommend the new resource landing page, “Program Managers/Directors.”

Outline

Have you already accessed our First Steps resources? Options to access include:

  • The HHP's First Steps online subscription resource. This includes the booklet, workbook, and discussion space. Learn more about it here.

  • Directly download the First Steps e-book and workbook via the website here.

    • Get Your Foot in the Door of Hospital Practice: First Steps for the Acupuncturist or Integrative Health Student Interested in Hospital-based Practice (e-book)

    • First Steps Companion Workbook. This walks you through the steps recommended in the e-book with practical tools. It helps you map your journey toward hospital-based practice and provides motivation for a prospective practitioner to overcome resistance to beginning the pre-work for their goal of hospital-based practice. These guided steps soften what can otherwise be an overwhelming prospect.

Or, as of Fall 2021, you can also access the First Steps resources if you join the HHP community as a Tier 1 member. Learn more about HHP community discussion membership options at the "Join the Discussion" blog article.

You've already accessed the First Steps resource?

If so, then you are probably looking for the next practical boots-on-the ground guide, the New Hospital Employee resource.

Who is the New Hospital Employee resource for?

The New Hospital Employee resource is for acupuncturists just getting hired into hospital and/or healthcare system practice and employees within their first 5+ years at a hospital or related organized healthcare system. It is also recommended as a background resource for any acupuncturists in a leadership position (lead acupuncturist, program lead, or department head) at a hospital or healthcare system.

  • LAcs just getting hired into a system

  • All hospital and healthcare system LAcs

    • This resource is essential at years 0-5+, and also useful for after 5+ years for review and deep dive(s) into topic-related content for all levels of experience.

  • Program leads and program managers

Tier 2 discussion platform benefits as of July 5th, 2022.

What’s available on Tier 2 “Big Bundle” Community Discussion Platform?

HHP’s Tier 2 “Big Bundle” discussion platform is the premium access plan. It includes access to the discussion platform plus many of the HHP’s online resources, including the Hospital and Healthcare-system-based LAc Employee resource, the Issues in Hospital-based Practice resource. The discussion platform is a great way to connect with other colleagues working in the healthcare system-based practice setting.

As of early July 2022, there are 300+ articles and posts in the HHP discussion platform, organized by topic. \

Tagged topics include:

  1. Job Announcements in the Field

  2. News and Events

  3. Research

  4. General Discussion

  5. COVID-19

  6. Safety (QA, QI, patient, workplace)

  7. Suicide Prevention Training resources, a subtopic of the broader “safety” topic above

  8. Telehealth and Virtual care

  9. Health Policy: Medicare and HR 4803

  10. Health Policy: Acupuncture for Migraines and Headaches

  11. Conference: the 2022 International Congress on Integrative Medicine and Integrative Health

Dedicated Discussion Groups (have their own unique discussion space) include

Learn more about the HHP’s community discussion platform in this article.

How to Access

  1. Do you only want access to the online resource, The New Hospital Employee 0-5+ years? This resource continues to be a work-in-progress and is available to access on a subscription basis per HHP community request.
    You can subscribe to the online resource directly if that is all you want access to.

  2. Do you want access to the HHP community discussion platform where you can connect with other healthcare system-based LAcs? Do you also want access to the online deep dive resources like Issues in Hospital-based Practice webinar series, The New Hospital Employee (0-5+ years), Tips on Coding & Charting (Documentation) for the Hospital-based Acupuncturist, Basics of Being an Employee in a Medium to Large Healthcare System, and more? Join the Tier 2 “Big Bundle” community discussion platform.

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HHP Resource Recommendations for the Healthcare system-based LAc

  • The HHP community discussion platform for current hospital and healthcare-system-based LAcs, at Tier 2.

  • Basics of Being an Employee in a Medium to Large Healthcare System, an interview series with Sondra Abanto, MBA, and Megan Kingsley Gale, MSAOM. Includes recordings and pdfs in an online resource.

    • in process of being updated (as of early 2022)

  • Issues in Hospital-based Practice webinar series, an online resource

  • See past and upcoming HHP events on our Events page.

  • Learn about the Summary of Healthcare System-based Practice LAc Program Citations, a publication of the HHP in this blog article. It is available as part of your subscription to the Tier 1 and Tier 2 HHP community discussion platform. It is also available for purchase from the website store.

  • See our YouTube playlists. I recommend starting with these.

    • “What is the HHP?” playlist

    • “News and Events” YouTube playlist. Please keep in mind the public playlist is very limited. Most of these updates and videos are on our community discussion platform.

    • “Lunchbreak Listen recommendations.”

      • These are just publicly available videos that we have recommended to each other in the community over time. Only able to share those that are on YouTube and are publicly available. Context for these recommendations is shared in HHP public and internal blog articles and posts.

      • Current resource recommendations go out first on the community discussion platform and then the email newsletter.

    • Breathing Practice for Clinicians

      • short videos I recorded that can be used with a simple breathing practice for quick breathing breaks. Breathing breaks are short but powerful ways to re-set your day in a positive way.

      • There are a variety of videos to choose from. Pick the ones that resonate most with you. Only use them if you find them helpful.


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Welcome to the Hospital Practice Handbook Project community!
Megan Kingsley Gale, MSAOM
Founder and Director, The Hospital-based Practice Handbook Project for Acupuncturists and Their Hospital Sponsors (Admin)

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Postscript

last updated 12.01.2021

List of older posts about The New Hospital Employee I am still in the process of updating to link back to this new landing page: