TendingShen Practice Visits: Let us come to you

After many requests, TendingShen has implemented the "Practice Visits" program: We come to your practice to provide help with your patients. If you are interested in this program and would like more information, please contact us online or by phone at 905-894-1323.

Format of a Practice Visit:

Please book your patients for 9.00 am, 10.30 am, 12.00 noon, 3.00 pm, 4.30 pm (i.e. maximum of 5 patients). There will be a working lunch from 1.30 pm-3.00 pm & a working dinner from 6.00 pm-7.30 pm, to discuss future treatment principles for the patients seen: the evening tutorial may be extended at Niki's sole discretion.

Normally you will be treating your patients under Niki's supervision. She will check all point location as you go along & give you extensive pulse/tongue/CSOE/CF feedback. Under exceptional circumstances she may be willing to actually treat the patient(s) herself, but in this case you must have confirmed her legal status in advance with your State Acupuncture board. California (for CEU approved continuing education), W. Virginia & Tennessee give her 'teacher' status, which means she can legally needle patients. Massachusetts will not. Niki has a Maryland license as well as her UK qualifications & MBAcC status.

You need to write up a BRIEF preface sheet for each patient in advance, with their 'main complaint(s)', synopsis of past treatment and, most importantly, your questions! You need to have each patient's treatment file to hand, in case you need to refer to it.

Costs associated with a Practice Visit:

Fee per day: $1,750.00. If paying by cheque, please make it payable to TendingShen Corporation. We would prefer that you give us one cheque for the total amount on the day/final day (collecting individual payment from patients & shadowers yourself). If you already have a CONFIRMED Practice Visit with Niki scheduled however, you can pay online as well. The fee of $1750.00 per day is payable regardless of how many patients arrive for treatment on any given day.

The maximum fee it is permissible to charge each patient is $275.00. You are welcome to invite up to 4 other graduate practitioners to shadow for the day & contribute to your costs ($125.00 each per day).

Deposit: If your practice visit extends over two or more days, we ask for a deposit of one day's fee, payable no less than two months in advance.

Other responsibilities/costs:

You are responsible for providing & paying for a simple lunch & snacks/coffee for Niki during the day & a full evening meal/drinks (she eats anything except garlic). You are also responsible for arranging & paying for any necessary accommodation (Niki will happily stay with you or be housed in a local hotel), breakfast(s), & local transportation to/from airports, lodging & your clinic. TendingShen covers all flights. Other expenses & costs connected with the administration & running of the Practice Visit days should in all instances be billed directly to & paid for by you.

Cancellation: You are liable for a sum of $750 per day if you cancel the Practice Visit with more than 30 days notice & the full amount of $1750 per day if you cancel with less than 30 days notice.

General information:

Niki's schedule is normally arranged by the beginning of September for the following year, so you need to schedule your Practice Visit for 2011 by the end of August 2010 at the latest.