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Complementary and Alternative
Medicine Curriculum
Under the auspices of the
NIH-funded Educational Development for Complementary
and Alternative Medicine (EDCAM) project, the AMSA Foundation
Foundation developed a CAM curriculum to be utilized
by not only the six schools selected to serve as
pilot schools, but by the general public via placement
on a website accessible to all—students,
faculty, practicing physicians, CAM practitioners
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In compiling its
CAM curriculum, AMSA Foundation responded to the needs, requests,
and demands for education compiled from a dozen
national initiatives for curriculum, as well as
recommendations from evidence-based educators and
expert advisors. With the CAM curriculum, AMSA Foundation
has provided guidelines and objectives for coursework
in several areas of CAM, as well as resources for
existing courses at other medical schools. Using
recommendations of the NIH National Conference
on Medical and Nursing Education in Complementary
Medicine in 1996, the Society for Teachers of Family
Medicine, the Association of American Medical Colleges,
the Homeopathic Physicians Teachers Group, the
Consortium of Academic Medical Centers, the American
Board of Holistic Medicine, the Humanistic Medicine
section of AMSA Foundation, and the White House Commission
on CAM Policy, the curriculum covers such topics
as stress reduction, nutrition, homeopathy, traditional
Chinese medicine, herbal medicine, holistic interviewing
methods, and much more.
Using a variety of methods,
the following six schools have piloted the EDCAM
curriculum: the University of Massachusetts;
University of Connecticut; University of California-Irvine;
Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences;
Louisiana State University; and the University
of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
Click here to access EDCAM course modules.
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For more information on
the CAM Curriculum, contact Angelia Bowman, Director
of the Center for the Future of Health Care,
by email or
by telephone at 703-620-6600 x216. |
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Healing
the Healer: AMSA Foundation’s Tool to Assist Students
in Developing Their Own Health Plans
Medical
training can be a demanding process that often
sacrifices self-care. This
module, designed by Dr. David Rakel, uses five
key ingredients of health (Lifestyle Choices, Exercise,
Nutrition, Family History, Mind-Body Influences
and Spiritual Connection) to encourage students
to develop their own health plan while educating
them in the process. This fun
and interactive module is free of charge
and is supported by AMSA Foundation's NIH NCCAM grant to enhance CAM education through curriculum
development. It allows the user to print off a summary and encourages reevaluation
and modification over time.
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