Korean Journal of Acupuncture

Society for Meridian and Acupoint (경락경혈학회)
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Development Plan of a Human Model System for Educating Acupoint Location and Its Implementation

경혈 위치교육 평가지원시스템의 개발계획 수립과 제작

  • Yeo, Sujung (Department of Meridian & Acupoint, College of Korean Medicine, Sangji University) ;
  • Nam, Donghyun (Department of Biofunctional Medicine and Diagnosis, College of Korean Medicine, Sangji University)
  • 여수정 (상지대학교 한의과대학 경혈학교실) ;
  • 남동현 (상지대학교 한의과대학 진단.생기능의학교실)
  • Received : 2018.11.27
  • Accepted : 2018.12.06
  • Published : 2019.03.27
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Abstract

Objectives : Teaching the standardized acupuncture point locations and improving the accuracy of acupoint locations through objective evaluation is a very important part of Korean medicine education. The aim of this study is to develop a dummy system for evaluation and support of teaching acupoint location in meridian and acupoints classes and to introduce the developed system. Methods : We established a protocol for the development of the system. The protocol included definition of usage purpose, definition of its essential performance, and set of scope. The system compares the amount of light at the target acupoint with the amount of light at the other sites to determine whether the target acupoint is properly specificated. Results : A prototype of the system was built according to the protocol and consists of light emitter, dummy, control/operation, input part and output part. The light emitter projects laser beam passing through the skin of the dummy. Light sensors were attached inside the acupoints of the dummy. Three types of light sensors were selected depending on the location of the acupoints. The arithmetic, input, and output parts were constructed using Arduino and Raspberry pi boards. The developed system was applied in class. Conclusions : It is thought that the dummy system for evaluation and support of teaching acupoint location can be used as a training model in order to help teach standardized acupoint locations and objective evaluation.

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