Interviews and practice visits

Attending an interview

Applicants are invited to attend an interview in west London. The interview lasts approximately one-and-a-half hours and will be conducted by a panel of two BAcC practitioners chosen for their experience and expertise. They will be assisted an admissions co-ordinator who is also there to look after your needs on the day.

The interview typically covers four aspects of practice:

• your case notes: most of the time will be spent discussing one set of the case notes you submit with your application
• point location: you will be asked to locate a number of acupuncture points, typically 12 points in 20 minutes
• safe practice and professional conduct: to check your awareness of practice issues such as hygiene, sterilisation, and emergency procedures
• western medicine: you will be asked to interpret a set of signs and symptoms from a western medical perspective.

Practice visit from a facilitator

For some applicants our assessor may recommend that a facilitator should visit you in your practice and observe you treating patients. We will contact you in advance to arrange a convenient date and time. Visits usually last approximately two hours.

You will be visited by at least one BAcC facilitator chosen for their experience and expertise. They will be accompanied and assisted by an admissions co-ordinator who is also there to look after your needs on the day.

The practice visit typically covers five aspects of practice:

• treatment observation: the facilitator will expect to observe you treating a minimum of two patients
• case notes: some time may be spent discussing one set of the case notes you submit with your application. The facilitator may also want to discuss the case notes of those patients they observed you treating
• point location: you may be asked to locate a number of acpuncture points
• safe practice and professional conduct: to check your awareness of practice issues such as hygiene, sterilisation, and emergency procedures
• western medicine: you will be asked to interpret a set of signs and symptoms from a western medical perspective.

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