My heartfelt healing and blessings to all of you and your families during this uncertain and unsettling time during the COVID-19 pandemic. I have great faith that an emerging unity of the human spirit, love, and human determination will reveal new possibilities for healing and health.
Like the fragrant Lotus that emerges from the mud, the beautiful compassion and resilience of Mother Earth will again blossom and this storm will end. After a storm, there is light. Wellness will return as we open our hearts. Please know my heart, spirit and blessings are with you all. Together we are a healthy world.
Sincerely yours with Mettã,
Dr. Steven K.H. Aung
Medical Acupuncture Program (MAP)
The Medical Acupuncture Program (MAP), under the Division of Continuous Professional Learning, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (University of Alberta) was one of the few university academic-based medical acupuncture training programs in North America. The intensive 200 credit hour graduate-level program was designed to provide a stringent, controlled, structured scientific program of study in Traditional Chinese Medicine theory and clinical practices as it related to medical acupuncture and modern biomedicine. Instruction was provided through lectures, workshops, demonstrations, clinical practice and examinations. The program was designed to be taken on a part-time basis and was completed in nine months. It was presented in four modules (levels), each worth 50 credit hours. Each module consisted of two 3-day weekend sessions (Friday through Sunday) held approximately one month apart.
Admission to the program was restricted to licensed:
- Physicians
- Dentists
- Physiotherapist
- Occupational Therapists
- Chiropractors
The program was originally developed for the University of Alberta by Dr. Aung in 1991 under the Faculty of Extension and was then subsequently offered by the Division of Continuous Professional Learning, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry in 2010. During its development, Dr. Aung played a major role as the program’s chief instructor, examiner and curriculum consultant.
** Note: The Medical Acupuncture Program ceased being offered by the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (U of A) in 2013.**
Dr. Aung's Club
Alumni of the Medical Acupuncture Program have established Dr. Aung's Club, an opportunity for alumni to keep in touch with Dr. Aung through periodic advanced lectures, as well as an annual medical acupuncture retreat.
The registration form and brochure for the 2018/2019 lecture series is now available via the following link.
Further details regarding Dr. Aung’s Club activities and schedules can be obtained directly from This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or via Dr. Aung’s academic headquarters.
The 21st Annual Dr. Aung's Club retreat will be held at the Goldeye Conference Centre in Nordegg, AB during the weekend of Oct 5-7, 2018. Further information can be obtained directly from Dr. Aung's Club at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
** Please note all activities relating to Dr. Aung's Club is restricted
to alumni of the Medical Acupuncture Program. **
Golden Road to Golden Needle
Graduates of the Medical Acupuncture Program (MAP) are eligible to participate in the Golden Road to Golden Needle (GRGN), a postgraduate 300-hour Medical Acupuncture training program which Dr. Aung organizes in cooperation with several institutions in Beijing, China (including the Beijing College of Traditional Medicine and Research Institute, the Beijing International Acupuncture Training Center, the Beijing College of Acupuncture and Orthopedics, and the Faculty of Medicine, Capital University of Medical Science, Beijing). GRGN aims to supplement the instruction provided in the Medical Acupuncture Program (MAP) and offers the opportunity for additional intensive clinical experience.
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