Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)  Tags: alternative therapies complementary & alternative medicine integrative medicine  

CAM Curriculum Resource

EDCAM: Educational Development for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Provided CAM curriculum resources that were developed and reviewed by the EDCAM grant team and advisory panel along with expert consultants in the field of CAM and medical education.

Stress Reduction, Relaxation, and wellness:
A Didactic and Experimental Workshop

Introduction to Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine

Core Curriculum CAM Integration in 10 categories

Nutrition and Lifestyle:
Diet, Exercise, Sleep, and Stress Management

Mind-Body Medicines

Alternative Systems of Medical Thought:

Traditional Chinese Medicine, Kampo, Tibetan Medicine, and Acupuncture

Yoga, Ayurveda, Native American and Yoruba Based Medicines

Homeopathy and Flower Essences

Bioenergetic Medicines

Pharmacologic/ Biologically Based:

Herbal Medicines

Nutrition, Dietary Supplements, and Vitamins

Manipulative Therapies:

Chiropractic and Osteopathy

Therapeutic Massage

CAM Clinical Interviewing:
CAM History Talking, Holistic Interviewing, Patient-Centered Interviewing, and Cultural Competency

Integrative Medicine Field Study:
CAM Research, Literature Search, Community Service Project, and CAM Mentorship

The Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine (CAHCIM)
The Center is supported by a grant from the Philanthropic Collaborative for Integrative Medicine. Their membership currently includes 22 highly esteemed academic medical centers (http://www.imconsortium.org/cahcim/members/home.html). Their mission is "to help transform medicine and healthcare through rigorous scientific studies, new models of clinical care, and innovative educational programs that integrate biomedicine, the complexity of human beings, the intrinsic nature of healing and the rich diversity of therapeutic systems."

Core competencies in integrative medicine for medical school curricula:
a proposal. Acad Med. 2004 Jun;79(6):521-31. Review.
PMID: 15165971 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE][Full-text] (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=15165971&query_hl=2&itool=pubmed_docsum)  

Curriculum in Integrative Medicine: A Guide for Medical Educators. May 2004
"The Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine Education Working Group developed a set of competencies for undergraduate medical education (medical school level) that was published in the June 2004 issue of Academic Medicine: Core Competencies in Integrative Medicine for Medical School Curricula: A Proposal. As a follow-up, the EWG project leaders developed and disseminated a curriculum guide that provided specific examples and illustrations from Consortium institutions regarding how medical schools can approach the implementation of the recommended competencies. The Guide for Medical Educators is no longer available in print, but all materials may be downloaded. The EWG is presently writing a follow-up article to this guide that will highlight these innovative curricula and provide additional examples from newer Consortium member schools."

Northwest AHEC Online Professional Curriculum on Herbs and Dietary Supplements
These online courses specifically designed for Physicians, physician assistants, nurses, advanced practice nurses, pharmacists, dietitians, nutritionists, other interested healthcare professionals and health professions students-in-training (including residents, fellows and post-doctoral students). The goal is improve knowledge, confidence, and communication with the use of herbs and dietary supplements.
and the curriculum has been approved for a maximum of 14 hours of continuing education credit.

Using EBM to Answer CAM Questions and How to Teach it: a Collaborative Multidisciplinary Approach

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