#Episode 7: Discussing the evidence-base: Ian Appleyard

Ian Appleyard PhD is the Research & Policy Manager for the British Acupuncture Council. His PhD, Acupuncture and moxibustion for osteoarthritis of the knee: a component analysis approach, was completed in 2018. He has a particular interest in the methodological challenges of researching acupuncture and placebo.Ian originally studied acupuncture at Westminster University. Further clinical training included studying with a private practitioner in Japan; clinical training in Shu Guan Hospital and the Meridian Research Institute in Shanghai; a year at the Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of TCM, Nanjing, the Meridian Research Institute in Shanghai; and a year at the Jiang-su Provincial Hospital of TCM, in Nanjing.  He has worked as a private practitioner in Hove and Kendal. He was course director for Acupuncture at London South Bank University from 2008-2018.Our Sponsor: Raised Spirit CBDDiscount Code:  ACU10Key reference papers:Acupuncture for chronic pain: update of an individual patient data meta-analysisOther Links:British Acupuncture CouncilThe ACU-Track Clinical Registry