• It was a very enjoyable meeting.  People form different background exchange ideas and opinion for self improvement.  To motivate ourselves and to keep studying are very important.  I would like to thank organizers of this wonderful forum. 
  
• I understand that the research is important in this field; however, I also enjoyed the opportunities to listen to other acupuncturists who treat patients everyday.
  
• I thank for organizing this forum.  It was a very well planed and focused.  I respect two of you who put this forum together.  This forum got me going again.  I would love to have it for a day instead of a half a day.
  
• It was a very meaningful meeting.  I always wonder how we can train successors of acupuncturists who can treat patients well.  Also, I wanted to know more about situation in California or America in general.  I am looking forward the forum held in the United States. 
  
• A) I would like to know how to receive NIH report .  B) I would like to know what level of technique or knowledge needed to be a successful acupuncturist in  America.  3) What's everyone's specialty.  I would like to see demonstration of treatments of specific conditions.
  
•      I was surprised that this forum was much higher level than I had thought.  I learned a lot of things from experienced practitioners who have had   This meeting motivates me to study more.  Currently, I am working at the orthopedic clinic as an acupuncturist.  I want to study acupuncture beyond what I am supposed to do there. 
  
• Eight of us have a limited inc. right now.  I am a CEO and sub-chief of the clinic.  I have a lot to think about management, treatment, insurance, exercise for the patients, successors, etc.  I attended this forum as no one but one female acupuncturist.  I could not come up any specific questions, but I would like to attend again.  We also have a group called "Tomono-kai".  I am going to send newsletter, so please read and give me your opinion.
  
• I have been frustrated with conservativeness of regional acupuncture group which have so many male members.  They have a tendency not to listen to women's idea or opinion.  However, I was so encouraged when I participated this forum.  I realized that how much sensitivity and power of caring, women have which are very important for treatment.  I have been a person who goes one's way, but it is very supportive to have a group like this.  I would like to help bring up quality of women acupuncturists.    High standard of practitioners would eventually leads to a prospect of acupuncture society in general as well.  Having information about popularity of acupuncture in the U.S. may affect governmental regulation due to a feeling of inferiority  Japanese people tend to have to "Hakujinn".
  
• What I am most surprised was that there are many senior women acupuncturists.  In my generation, it was rare to see women acupuncturists when profession of acupuncture  did not have social status at that time.  It was so stimulating for me to see women acupuncturists with professionalism.  I now understand that their effort and hardship may have led to the social status we, young acupuncturists now can enjoy.  What I do now can be very important to the future generation, and profession of acupuncture.   
  
• I am happy to help whatever I can do, so just call me for help.  I would like to see exchanging information using internet.
  
• This organization does not seem to depend on authorities and old establishment.  I expect horizontal connection of people of the same value.  I want to see also someone's special skills.
  
• It was very much worth attending this meeting.  I was impressed by one of the reasons that why Oriental Medicine is getting popularity is to spend a lot of time with patients.  This reason is universal, I think.  I would like to be such acupuncturists who can see the change of the patients with season, time of the day, and be sensitive about these.  I will
  
• It was very meaningful meeting today.  It gave me inspiration.  I am glad to be able to attend.  I was at the Western medical hospital for 10 years working rehabilitation since I had had a license.  But recently I left hospital and started own clinic at my house.  Fortunately some patients started coming by word of mouth.  I enjoy it very much, but at the same time I started to feel that I have to study from the basic again.  I am in kind of shock that everything seems to be different from when I was going to school. 
  
• I am very glad to see lots of women acupuncturists working hard.  Also it was good to hear about pediatric acupuncture.  I study and emphasis on pediatric acupuncture now and I am still learning.  I wants to talk more.  I am looking forward to see home-page in the net.
  
• I was not able to return to work for a while after I had a child.  I once regretted for a long time that I had a child.  I feel so warm inside of me that I met women who believe future of acupuncturists need to be women.  I would like to grow up, and not to forget to study.  I will be attending this next year.
  
• This meeting was not a typical women's meetings which tend to waste a lot of time by doing nothing.  I think it is better to talk about the way to do things constructively and how to proceed it well.
  
• It was a very good day for me to attend.  I left early this morning without thinking about this much.  But next time, I will make a statement.  I treat patients with Jyusei (kind of Manipulation technique) and acupuncture and moxibution, so it was a bit hard to make a comment on acupuncture.  It was a very good learning experience.  I look forward to see everyone here.
  
• It has not been so long since I became an acupuncturist.  I have not had any experience that makes me feel disadvantage of being a woman.  I was not getting the feeling of it at the beginning of the meeting, but this meeting gave me lots of energy.  For me, now is the time to devote myself to study.  So I cannot afford to think about women's issues so far.  Through this forum, I try to treat patients like gentle women treat.  I hope this forum also emphasis on academic issues as well.
  
• It has been two years since I opened up my practice.  I have felt I have been in the small tunnel by myself.  My way of treatment, and life seem  to be stuck recently.  So, it was a very good opportunity to go out and see old classmates and listened to other acupuncturists who never had a chance to meet.  I can now think about my future destination more positively.  I want to challenge lots of things including being an acupuncturist.
  
• It was very good to hear different opinions.  MC was very good so it went smoothly.  I found out that this forum was not so boring and difficult.  I will attend again next year.
  

• It was worth coming to this forum.  In the future, I am hoping and working hard to make Oriental Medicine be on the center stage.  I don't have much experience about treatment, but I wish Western and Oriental medicine help each other and treat patients together, I wonder.
  
• I was so glad to be able to meet many established women acupuncturists, and elder practitioners.  It will benefit my treatment in the future.  I want to continue contacting them when I go back to my home.
  
• It was very good to listen to many women acupuncturists.  I realized again how wonderful and deep acupuncture is.  There are so many male acupuncturists in the field of acupuncture in Japan, but meeting with women like this is going to be so nice for us to communicate each other as a  network.  I had  a thought that it may be interesting to have a small group discussion on a topic, then one from each group will do presentation.  This may open up some interesting ideas.  I would like to attend this forum in California in 2002.
  
• I reflect myself and think about future plan.  I want to study more and more.  I will set  up e-mail to get contact with other acupuncturists more easily.  My dream is to spread out pediatric acupuncture more.
  
• I hear patients leaving doctors' care in US and Japan as well.  As a practitioner I will do my best to my patients.
  
• It was a very beneficial meeting for me.  I don't think I can practice acupuncture until my husband retires in 20 years.  But I will try my best and see what happens. 
  
• I really would like this to continue.  I want to attend again.
  
• I was given lots of energy by listening to precious opinion.  I learned the life lesson from people with different generation.  I realize that I am with my Shisho, mentor and learn form Shisho.  That's so important in this profession.
  
• This is my first time to attend the forum like this which only women got together.  As a guest speaker, Mrs. Khim spoke that we have a face of wife, mother, and acupuncturist depending on the situation.  But at the same time we can be one of these by choice.  I will put my energy to bring my baby up for a year in which I might learn something important.  There may be something that being a woman can do.
  
• This gave some hope for old people like myself.  I would like to study and go ahead with younger people who have courage to do the best.
  
• Because I have to take care of my baby, I cannot work which give me lots of stress.  At this forum was able to talk to people with same situation.  This made me feel so relieved. 
  
• I was so energized by many women acupuncturists who are very serious about their profession.  They are here and there which is so wonderful.
  
• When we as acupuncturists think about so many agendas, such as what to think, what to do for our profession, patient care, we definitely do not need any profile like a name of school one graduated,  There is no fairness there.  In today's forum, everyone call one's name with "san" instead of "sensei" which made so much sense to me.
  
• It was very much useful to hear direct information about acupuncture in the US.
  

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