Why on earth would acupuncturists want to discuss and learn more about research? ‘East Asian medicine’ is not just ‘acupuncture, and ‘Research’ is not just ‘RCT’s’. Research has a wide variety of practices: observational methods that seek to understand without intervening; qualitative methods that seek to learn from participants directly; and action research methods that seek to change the world by engaging stakeholders like us and our patients as researchers!
Lucky us, eminent acupuncture researcher Lisa Conboy is joining White Pine Circle, and in collaboration with Claudia Citkovitz will be bringing phenomenal live and recorded content including:
- Monthly Journal Club meetings, discussing both what’s new in the research world and what’s relevant for clinical practice (or talking to patients and docs)
- Library Corner, where Lisa and colleagues present articles and other resources, and moderate forum discussions.
- Systematic online instruction in various types of research are why they are important for acupuncturists to understand. Lisa will present a series of online courses from skill building to be educated consumer of research, to ways to participate in research.
Group Leaders
Lisa Conboy has conducted health research and taught research methodology to students of sociology, biomedicine, and complementary medicine for over 30 years. With degrees in public health and sociology, she specializes in the study of traditional and complex health systems. She is published in the areas of Women's Health, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, qualitative research methodology, and complexity science. An Instructor at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, she is also the Director of Academic Research at Maryland University of Integrative Health. Dr. Conboy is the chair of the Research Committee of the American Society of Acupuncturists.