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The Centre for Complementary and Alternative Medicine provides CCAM education, research and services in selected CCAM therapies. The Centre offers Bachelor of Science with Honours Degree programmes in Chiropractic and Chinese Medicine, both of which meet regional and many international standards and requirements for licensure.

The Centre also offers a Master’s Degree programme in acupuncture that has been designed for healthcare professionals who want to broaden their scope of practice.

Programmes Offered

Message from the Director

Chan Vey Lian

Deputy Director, Centre for Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Senior Lecturer
BAppSc(ComplMed) (RMIT University, Australia), MClinChiro (RMIT University, Australia)

“The Centre for Complementary and Alternative Medicine(CCAM) oversees the training of Chiropractic and Chinese Medicine practitioners in a rigorous setting that involves countless hours of hands-on practical experience throughout the programmes, including clinical internships at IMU Healthcare Centres during the fourth year of study. The Centre’s faculty are committed to delivering high quality teaching and learning to generate graduate professionals who exhibit the best qualities of a competent and caring healthcare provider. The Centre provides regional leadership in health education in the CCAM professions alongside the other academic healthcare disciplines at IMU. The Centre also oversees research on CCAM therapies, as well as the delivery of service to members of the community.”

Achievement & Engagement Activities

  • Renowned Lecturer from Shanghai Shared Knowledge and Experience on Clinical Anatomy of Dangerous Acupuncture Points
24 June 2019 – The IMU Chinese Medicine Department invited a renowned lecturer from the Shanghai University of Chinese Medicine, Guo Chun Xia, to give a public talk on “Clinical Anatomy of Dangerous Acupuncture Points” in the Senate Room at IMU. Due to limited seats, the talk only accepted a total of 85 participants from undergraduate students to healthcare practitioners as well as acupuncture enthusiasts. Full story on IMU News.
  • 2019 Chinese Medicine Week- ‘The Circadian Clock of TCM’
The first week of November every year is a memorable week for IMU Chinese Medicine (CM) students because this is the time for the annual Chinese Medicine Week, where a series of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practices are showcased at the atrium of the university’s campus in Bukit Jalil. This year, the event was organised by students from cohorts CM 2/16 and CM 1/17 under the supervision of a lecturer, Dr Chep Lee. Held from 4 November to 6 November, this year’s event was themed “The Circadian Clock of TCM” or ZiWu LiuZhu in Chinese because this event would like to raise the awareness of participants on the state of the human body, in terms of the cyclic circulation of Qi and Blood along the meridians that is synchronised with the hours of the day. Read the full story on IMU News.
  • IMU World Spine Day Activities Win First Prize
The IMU Chiropractic Team started the year with the good news of having won the First Prize under the Educational Institution Category for events conducted to mark the World Spine Day 2020, an annual event organised by the World Federation of Chiropractic. This year’s theme was “Back on Track”, recognising the impact of a lockdown on the musculoskeletal system. Read the full story on IMU News.
  • IMU Chiropractic Students Raises Spinal Awareness in October 2019
14 – 20 of October 2019 – For 2019 World Spine Day (WSD) celebrations, students of the IMU’s Chiropractic programme under the Centre for Complimentary and Alternate Medicine, led by Dr Kamal H B Parbhoo assisted in spreading awareness to Malaysian sport youth teams as well as universities on how to protect their spine from an early age. World Spine Day is a yearly event that takes place around the world with numerous countries taking part to promote spinal healthcare. Various events took place in the form of talks given by Dr Kumaran D Pillay to the National Dodgeball Team Malaysia, Malaysian Rugby Club, University KL, Archery team and football team. A university in Bukit Jalil invited the WSD team in July to conduct Spinal Screening and a Chiropractic talk with an interview on the benefits of WSD awareness. The event was a success with Chiropractic students screening almost a hundred people and Dr Kumaran and Kamal assisting with an emergency case while the WSD event was taking place. Full story on IMU News.

Engagement Activities

  • Renowned Lecturer from Shanghai Shared Knowledge and Experience on Clinical Anatomy of Dangerous Acupuncture Points
24 June 2019 – The IMU Chinese Medicine Department invited a renowned lecturer from the Shanghai University of Chinese Medicine, Guo Chun Xia, to give a public talk on “Clinical Anatomy of Dangerous Acupuncture Points” in the Senate Room at IMU. Due to limited seats, the talk only accepted a total of 85 participants from undergraduate students to healthcare practitioners as well as acupuncture enthusiasts. Full story on IMU News.
  • 2019 Chinese Medicine Week- ‘The Circadian Clock of TCM’
The first week of November every year is a memorable week for IMU Chinese Medicine (CM) students because this is the time for the annual Chinese Medicine Week, where a series of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practices are showcased at the atrium of the university’s campus in Bukit Jalil. This year, the event was organised by students from cohorts CM 2/16 and CM 1/17 under the supervision of a lecturer, Dr Chep Lee. Held from 4 November to 6 November, this year’s event was themed “The Circadian Clock of TCM” or ZiWu LiuZhu in Chinese because this event would like to raise the awareness of participants on the state of the human body, in terms of the cyclic circulation of Qi and Blood along the meridians that is synchronised with the hours of the day. Read the full story on IMU News.

Achievements

  • IMU World Spine Day Activities Win First Prize
The IMU Chiropractic Team started the year with the good news of having won the First Prize under the Educational Institution Category for events conducted to mark the World Spine Day 2020, an annual event organised by the World Federation of Chiropractic. This year’s theme was “Back on Track”, recognising the impact of a lockdown on the musculoskeletal system. Read the full story on IMU News.

View from Our Community

Tay Pei Shen

Chiropractic Alumna

The chiropractic programme in IMU have provided me the knowledge and shaped me into being a competent chiropractor. I am very grateful to be able to pursue and complete my chiropractic education locally. The programme is accredited by the CCEA board and it gave me the foundation to pass my CCEA board exam and it was also where I got my radiology basics which prepared me for my NZCC diagnostic imaging residency exam. I am also very thankful to be accepted and loved by the NZCC family where I was able to continue my chiropractic journey with my further studies.

Leong Jia Wai

Chiropractic Alumnus

During my time studying chiropractic at IMU, I had also attended free spinal screening event held throughout my student life. The importance of this screening event is to increase the awareness of musculoskeletal health and to introduce chiropractic care to the society. In addition, it also helped to sharpen my communication and analytical skills. In my opinion, it was really a great experience as it is something that we can't obtain it through academically and through these activities, I have found my interest in chiropractic.

Too Chow Moi

Patient

Chinese Medicine is not new to me. I was impressed with the acupuncture treatment received at IMU Chinese Medicine Centre (ICMC). After few sessions of acupuncture, my condition has improved significantly. I had been suffering for lower limbs oedema for years. Both the lecturer and students carried out their duty professionally. I will not hesitate to introduce my friends to IMU Healthcare.

Noor Shuhada Yop Ahmad

Student, MSc in Acupuncture

I’m practicing doctor and I’ve always had an interest to learn acupuncture. IMU has opened up an avenue for western evidence-based medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine to assimilate with each other. This is a great learning opportunity, and I’m proud to be among its pioneering batch of students.

Liu Chian Yong

Student, MSc in Acupuncture

Learning traditional Chinese Medicine is an eye-opener. The knowledge gained is beyond what I have expected. Integration of acupuncture to conventional treatment will benefit patients the most.

Get to Know Faculty Members of the Centre

The academic community of IMU pursues and achieves excellence in a wide range of research activities. Our faculty members are highly qualified and experienced in different disciplines.