# Competences — traditional chinese medicine therapist

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/80a2aba7-ef7d-46ef-a8ec-15ff6131c0f1).

## Essential

- **advise on healthy lifestyles** (skill/competence)
- **apply context specific clinical competences** (skill/competence)
- **apply massage therapy** (skill/competence)
- **biomedicine** (knowledge)
- **counsel healthcare users on medicines** (skill/competence)
- **develop therapeutic relationships** (skill/competence)
- **empathise with the healthcare user** (skill/competence)
- **ensure safety of healthcare users** (skill/competence)
- **follow-up on healthcare users' treatment** (skill/competence)
- **human anatomy** (knowledge)
- **human physiology** (knowledge)
- **identify customer's needs** (skill/competence)
- **listen actively** (skill/competence)
- **maintain work area cleanliness** (skill/competence)
- **monitor patient's health condition** (skill/competence)
- **monitor patients' progress related to treatment** (skill/competence)
- **observe healthcare users** (skill/competence)
- **pathologies treated by acupuncture** (knowledge)
- **pathology** (knowledge)
- **phytotherapy** (knowledge)
- **promote mental health** (skill/competence)
- **refer healthcare users** (skill/competence)
- **traditional Chinese medicine** (knowledge)

## Optional

- acupuncture methods (knowledge)
- address side effects of menopause (skill/competence)
- apply acupuncture (skill/competence)
- auriculotherapy (knowledge)
- carry out preventative internal medicine interventions (skill/competence)
- complementary and alternative medicine (knowledge)
- composition of diets (knowledge)
- develop long-term treatment course for disorders in the glandular system (skill/competence)
- educate on the prevention of illness (skill/competence)
- general medicine (knowledge)
- pharmacology (knowledge)
- provide health education (skill/competence)
- relaxation techniques (knowledge)
- select acupuncture points (skill/competence)
- sterilization techniques (knowledge)