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ACMAC Outreach
Outreach for ACMAC – Role Description This person or team is genius at getting people inspired, starting discussion and so on. How might this inspiration be passed on? • Writing and publishing articles • Blogging • Using Facebook, Twitter and other social media to spread the word about the bigger picture, and also about smaller stories such as new clinics …
ACMAC Membership secretary
Membership Secretary – Role Description New members Deal with inquiries from ACMAC members, or concerning membership Liase with treasurer about membership payments Process membership application forms and send out confirmation of membership Issue receipts for membership payments Create members’ Clinic pages on website, and update these as required Keep membership spreadsheet current Maintain the details of the member clinics on …
ACMAC Events Organiser
Events Organiser for ACMAC – Role Description This is an important role, because events breathe new life into the organization, inspire members old and new, create a sense of working together / community, and result in increased membership. It would be great to aim for 3 workshops per annum at least (online, or face to face), one conference, and perhaps …
ACMAC Coordinator
ACMAC Co-ordinator – Role Description The Co-ordinator is completely committed to the overall health of ACMAC, and knows what is happening across the organization, staff and volunteers. The Co-ordinator can (and should) get other people involved in doing lots of tasks – but if one of those volunteers drops back, the Co-ordinator is responsible for making sure those essential tasks …
ACMAC Treasurer
ACMAC Treasurer – Role Description Liase with membership secretary: say when new payments have come in to the account, or when expected payments have not arrived. Liase with accountants: complete accountants’ spreadsheet each month and answer any other queries. Liase with Events Organiser: confirm that those planning to attend events have paid. Pay cheques into the Co-op bank (or Post …
ACMAC meetings
Welcome! This is a brief introduction to how we do meetings and decision-making. A meeting is any time two or more people get together to talk about our work. There are broadly two kinds of meetings: Operational and Policy. Operational meetings are for getting things done. Policy meetings are for asking how things went, learning together, and deciding what …
Grievance and Discipline processes
The core assumptions behind our Grievance and Discipline processes CORE ROLE: Our core role, as Aptivate employees, is to serve as General Members of Staff (GMS). DUTIES OF THE CORE ROLE: As GMS, we are each expected to contribute significant value to Aptivate and our clients, and reduce or eliminate risk, waste, and unproductive conflict, to the best of our …
Codes of conduct
Codes of conduct
Complaints Policy
Complaints policy
GDPR Policy
GDPR Policy
Comparison of acupuncture and other drugs for chronic constipation: A network meta-analysis – L.Zhu et al – 2018
Abstract The objective of this study was to compare the efficacy and side effects of acupuncture, sham acupuncture and drugs in the treatment of chronic constipation. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) assessing the effects of acupuncture and drugs for chronic constipation were comprehensively retrieved from electronic databases (such as PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase, CNKI, Wanfang Database, VIP Database and CBM) up …
Acupuncture for Chronic Pain: Update of an Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis
Highlights •Acupuncture has a clinically relevant effect on chronic pain that persists over time. •The effect of acupuncture cannot be explained only by placebo effects. •Factors in addition to the specific effects of needling are important contributors. •Referral for acupuncture treatment is a reasonable option for chronic pain patients. Abstract Despite wide use in clinical practice, acupuncture remains a controversial …
According to the evidence, of course doctors should recommend acupuncture for pain
Last week, the BMJ published an invited head to head debate as to whether doctors should recommend acupuncture for the treatment of pain. Below is my rapid response: What’s most interesting about this discussion of whether or not doctors should recommend acupuncture for pain is a total lack of discussion of the other available treatment options that doctors and patients decide …