{"content":[{"text":"Kent Farnsworth, Dr.TCM, R.Ac.","bbox":{"left":0.082353,"top":0.061909,"width":0.285192,"height":0.020984999999999997}},{"text":"Born and raised in Kamloops. I still live in Kamloops with my wife Jane and our daughter Abby. I \n enjoy many outdoor activities with my family and friends. It is important to me to maintain balance \n between family, work and outside activities.","bbox":{"left":0.082353,"top":0.113894,"width":0.786926,"height":0.055060000000000026}},{"text":"I am happy to follow my father’s path as a health care professional. He would say of his dedication to \n being a Dr. of Naturopathy “There are few rewards greater than helping improve another \n person’s health.” I have found that these sincere words are very true and have been a guide in my \n work as a Dr. of TCM. My father started learning acupuncture in the early seventies and was very \n successful in integrating it with his practice as a Naturopathic Doctor. He gave me my first acupuncture \n treatment when I was in my early teens and had helped me with several muscle-skeletal problems over the \n years.","bbox":{"left":0.082352,"top":0.183591,"width":0.8338420000000001,"height":0.130515}},{"text":"Being in the healing field seems to run in the family. My great grandfather and his father were both \n medical doctors. My father, Earl and my uncle Gerry were both Doctors of Chiropractic and Doctors of \n Naturopathy. They worked together for 35 years in Kamloops. Their other brother, my uncle Roy was \n also a Doctor of Chiropractic in the Vernon area. My brother Kelly followed dad’s footsteps and became \n both a Doctor of Chiropractic and Naturopathy, he works in North Vancouver. My cousin Todd is a \n Doctor of Naturopathy and has taken over his dads business in Kamloops. When I decided to go back to \n school to learn Traditional Chinese Medicine and acupuncture my older brother Lee joined me and we \n graduated together.","bbox":{"left":0.082353,"top":0.328742,"width":0.826419,"height":0.14218200000000003}},{"text":"In 1997 I graduated from the Canadian College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (CCAOM) in \n Victoria with a diploma in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). During 1996 and 1997 I was a Student \n board member for CCAOM.","bbox":{"left":0.082353,"top":0.48556,"width":0.834387,"height":0.05506100000000003}},{"text":"1997 to Present, Became a member of Acupuncture Assn. of BC, now known as the BC Qualified \n Acupuncturists and Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners Assn. (QATCMA).","bbox":{"left":0.082353,"top":0.555257,"width":0.77479,"height":0.03763700000000003}},{"text":"1999 – 2005 I was a founding board member of the Kamloops Complementary Health Society \n (KCHS). A nonprofit group interested in educating the general public on the various complementary \n health modalities available in the Kamloops area.","bbox":{"left":0.082353,"top":0.60753,"width":0.7967759999999999,"height":0.05506}},{"text":"In 1996 Acupuncture came under the Health Act umbrella in BC. In 2000 I was registered with the \n newly formed governing body, the College of TCM and Acupuncturists of B.C. (CTCMA) as a \n Registered Acupuncturist (R.Ac.)","bbox":{"left":0.082353,"top":0.677227,"width":0.790138,"height":0.055968999999999935}},{"text":"2003","bbox":{"left":0.082353,"top":0.74706,"width":0.039216,"height":0.02098500000000003}},{"text":"I became a Doctor of TCM (Dr.TCM)","bbox":{"left":0.131396,"top":0.746924,"width":0.304251,"height":0.021121000000000056}},{"text":"2003 - 2006 I was a board member with the Kamloops Infant Development Services (K.I.D.S.)","bbox":{"left":0.082353,"top":0.781772,"width":0.749455,"height":0.021121999999999974}},{"text":"MISSION STATEMENT","bbox":{"left":0.393529,"top":0.851757,"width":0.212912,"height":0.02098500000000003}},{"text":"To offer my services of Traditional Chinese Medicine with compassion and integrity. \n To give my clients the means to improve and maintain their health at an optimal level.","bbox":{"left":0.082353,"top":0.886318,"width":0.6764629999999999,"height":0.037636}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}