About TCMStudy

The story behind the courses.

Hi, I'm Nicholas

Licensed Acupuncturist · NCCAOM Diplomate · MSTOM · Former Adjunct Faculty

I'm a licensed acupuncturist and the creator of TCMStudy.net. I used to teach Acupuncture and Chinese Herbology at a college in California, but now I've switched to doing my own thing online — creating resources, videos, handouts, and practice tests for students and practitioners.

TCMStudy.net started as a way to help my students better understand their first-year classroom material. It's continuing to grow, but the goal remains the same: making learning Chinese medicine easier, more fun, and more affordable.

Nicholas Duchnowski

How It All Started...

I'll be honest, it was never my goal in life to create continuing education courses to sell to practitioners. What I'm really passionate about is helping students (especially first-year students) by creating resources to help them get through their program and really understand the material at a deeper level.

But as you can imagine, students don't have a lot of money, and I still need to pay my rent. So I came up with this "evil scheme" to sell CEU courses to practitioners and use that to fund my real passion of helping students. So by purchasing a course, you're helping the next generation of students become better practitioners.

So if you have friends or colleagues who need CEUs or you think would enjoy these courses, I'd appreciate it if you could pass it on to them. That way we can continue the mission.

Cat sleeping on an acupuncture textbook

You might also spot Meow in a few of the courses.
He hasn't earned his CEUs yet, but he's working on it.

Ready to Earn Some CEUs?

Browse our courses and find something that fits your schedule and interests.

We have email courses that give you fun, bite-sized bits of information each day, or you can try the podcast-style video courses. These courses are meant to be fun, convenient, and affordable.

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Have questions before you buy? Feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.