NYCC AOM Students’ Impressive Board Scores
Seneca Falls: Recent National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) test results indicate that the examination scores of students enrolled in the Finger Lakes School of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine of NYCC are exceeding the national average.
Pass rates have been impressive since the inception of the program at NYCC, and recent results show an increasing percentage of students meeting or exceeding the national averages on the portions of the test dealing with Acupuncture with Point Location, Biomedicine, Foundations of Oriental Medicine and Asian Bodywork Therapy. A significant increase was also noted this year in the Chinese Herbology portion of the exam, raising the college’s pass rate by nearly 34% over 2007 scores. NYCC realized a 100% pass rate on 4 out of 5 of these exams in 2008, and the pass rate percentage for that exam was 93.75.
Shaune D. Ralph, L.Ac., Dean of NYCC’s Finger Lakes School of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, expressed pride at the news: “We are very pleased with our students’ test results, especially with their exceptional performance on the Chinese Herbology segment of this exam. This achievement demonstrates our faculty’s deep commitment to academic excellence, and certainly speaks well for our students.”