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The Summer Academy in Deauville
Five days of in-person clinical immersion: demonstrations, supervised workshops and therapeutic reasoning, built around an annual theme.
The principle
A week of clinical immersion
Every summer, AcuSeminars organises an intensive five-day clinical seminar in Deauville, reserved for healthcare professionals already trained in the method. Each edition is devoted to an annual clinical theme, studied in depth: theoretical teaching in the morning, clinical applications in the afternoon.
The 2026 edition (6–10 July) was devoted to the study of chronic, inflammatory and post-traumatic pain, and to alchemical acupuncture — an approach drawn from ancient Chinese texts, presented for educational purposes. The theme of the next edition will be announced together with its dates.
The week's work
What participants deepen
Therapeutic reasoning
Analysing complex clinical situations and building well-argued strategies.
Combining the diagnostic tools
Bringing together the DAC, pulse, tongue, microsystems and body points into an overall reading.
Observing clinical demonstrations
Following protocols demonstrated and commented on by Dr Nadia Volf.
Supervised practice
Small-group workshops with individual corrections.
Point selection
Understanding the clinical logic behind each strategy studied.
Peer exchange
Questions and answers and clinical discussions throughout the week.
The format
Five well-paced days
5 days · 10 am – 4:30 pm · Deauville
Teaching in the mornings, clinical work in the afternoons
Mornings are devoted to theory and protocol analysis; afternoons to clinical demonstrations and supervised practical workshops. Optional early-morning Qi Gong sessions are offered on the beach in Deauville.
Who it is for
A seminar reserved for trained learners
The Summer Academy is intended for healthcare professionals who have completed the DAC — Fundamentals programme or who hold the Inter-University Diploma (DIU) in Scientific Acupuncture.
The teacher
Dr Nadia Volf
MD, PhD — Academic director
A doctor of medicine and doctor of science, founder and director of studies of the Inter-University Diploma (DIU) in Scientific Acupuncture (Faculty of Medicine, Université Paris-Saclay), Dr Nadia Volf leads the entire seminar: teaching, demonstrations and workshop supervision.
Next edition
Dates to be announced
The dates and theme of the next Summer Academy will be announced shortly. Leave your email address to be notified when enrolment opens.
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