Innovations in integrative healthcare education: CAM selective at St. George's Medical School.
Content on integrative healthcare and complementary and alternative medicine is now being taught in hundreds of educational programs across the country. Nursing, medical, osteopathic, chiropractic, acupuncture, naturopathic, and other programs are finding creative and innovative ways to include these approaches in new models of education and practice. This column spotlights such innovations in integrative healthcare and CAM education and presents readers with specific educational interventions that they can adapt into new or ongoing educational efforts at their institution or program. We invite readers to submit brief descriptions of efforts in their institutions that reflect the creativity, diversity, and interdisciplinary nature of the field. Please submit to Dr. Sierpina at or Dr. Kreitzer at . Submissions should be brief, no more than 300 to 400 words. Please include any Web site or other resource that is relevant as well as contact information.
Sierpina
Victor
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Integrative Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, USA.
Kreitzer
Mary Jo
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Stanley
Jacqueline
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