A formal course will be run in 1996. IVAS, founded in 1974, organizes training courses each year. Though most participants are from North or South America, some European, Australian, South African and Far Eastern participants have taken the course. Apart from these, recent AP seminars and training courses for vets in European countries have been run mainly by individuals or by national Vet AP groups, or in association with medical AP groups. Week-end seminars are run by the medical AP groups in most countries.
Vets are usually welcome to attend as associate members.
Study of human AP in detail over a period of months to years is possible in special AP Schools. Some vets go to Vienna, Hong Kong, Taipei, Beijing or other Chinese centres for intensive training but most rely on their local schools. Unfortunately, there is little standardisation between schools. Some are excellent. They can be fine acupuncturists but poor clinicians.